Gray Dwarf Hamster

Taxobox
name = Gray Dwarf Hamster
status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Cricetidae
genus = "Cricetulus"
species = "C. migratorius"
binomial = "Cricetulus migratorius"
binomial_authority = (Pallas, 1773)
synonyms =

The Gray Dwarf Hamster or Grey Hamster ("Cricetulus migratorius") is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family.

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

References

* Amori, G. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/5528/all Cricetulus migratorius] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 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.