Allocricetulus

Allocricetulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Cricetinae
Genus: Allocricetulus
(Argyropulo, 1932)
Type species
Cricetus eversmanni
Brandt, 1859
Species

Allocricetulus curtatus
Allocricetulus eversmanni

e. C-banded chromosomes of the Eversmann's hamster (Allocricetulus eversmanni, 2n = 26) with pericentomeric C-bands on the X and Y chromosomes.

Allocricetulus is a genus of hamsters in the family Cricetidae, which are found in Asia.[1] It contains the following species: the Mongolian hamster (Allocricetulus curtatus) and the Eversmann's hamster (Allocricetulus eversmanni).

References

  1. ↑ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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