Gansu Hamster

Gansu Hamster Temporal range: Recent
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Cricetinae
Genus:	Cansumys G. M. Allen, 1928
Species:	C. canus
Binomial name
*Cansumys canus* (G. M. Allen, 1928)

The Gansu Hamster (Cansumys canus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, endemic to China. It is the only species in the genus Cansumys.

References

^ Smith, A.T. & Johnston, C.H. (2008). Cansumys canus. 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.

Species of hamsters (subfamily Cricetinae)

Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Class: Mammalia • Order: Rodentia • Family: Cricetidae

Allocricetulus	Mongolian (Allocricetulus curtatus) • Eversmann's (Allocricetulus eversmanni)

Cansumys	Gansu (Cansumys canus)

Cricetulus	Tibetan Dwarf (Cricetulus alticola) • Striped Dwarf (Cricetulus barabensis) • Chinese (Cricetulus griseus) • Tibetan Dwarf (Cricetulus kamensis) • Long-tailed Dwarf (Cricetulus longicaudatus) • Gray Dwarf (Cricetulus migratorius) • Sokolov's Dwarf (Cricetulus sokolovi)

Cricetus	Common (Cricetus cricetus)

Mesocricetus	Golden (Mesocricetus auratus) • Brandt's (Mesocricetus brandti) • Romanian (Mesocricetus newtoni) • Ciscaucasian (Mesocricetus raddei)

Phodopus	Campbell's Desert (Phodopus campbelli) • Roborovski's Desert (Phodopus roborovskii) • Striped Desert (Phodopus sungorus)

Tscherskia	Greater Long-tailed (Tscherskia triton)