Gray dwarf hamster

Gray dwarf hamster
Gray dwarf hamster
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Cricetulus
Species: C. migratorius
Binomial name
Cricetulus migratorius
(Pallas, 1773)

The gray dwarf hamster or grey hamster or migratory hamster (Cricetulus migratorius) is an Armenian Hamster species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Bulgaria, China, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.

Description

The gray dwarf hamster has gray fur and a head-body length ranging from 80 to 117 mm. It weighs 33 to 38 g. Its dental formula is Upper: 1.0.0.3, lower: 1.0.3.3 [1]

Distribution

It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Bulgaria, China, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. It lives in grassland, woodland and steep wooded slopes in forest steppe. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.

References

  1. ^ MacDonald, David; Priscilla Barret (1993). Mammals of Britain & Europe. 1. London: HarperCollins. pp. 237–238. ISBN 0002197790. 
  • Amori, G. 1996. Cricetulus migratorius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • 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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