Tibetan Dwarf Hamster

Tibetan Dwarf Hamster
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Cricetulus
Species:	C. alticola
Binomial name
Cricetulus alticola Thomas, 1917

The Tibetan Dwarf Hamster (Cricetulus alticola) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in China, India, and Nepal.

References

1. ^ Molur, S. (2008). Cricetulus alticola. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 12 Jule 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.

• 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.