Allocricetulus
Allocricetulus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Cricetinae |
Genus: | Allocricetulus (Argyropulo, 1932) |
Species | |
Allocricetulus is a genus of hamsters in the family Cricetidae, which are found in Asia.
It contains the following two species:
- Mongolian hamster (Allocricetulus curtatus)
- Eversmann's hamster (Allocricetulus eversmanni)
References
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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