Tibetan dwarf hamster
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Tibetan dwarf hamster | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| 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 not only in Tibet and China, but also in India, and Nepal.
References
- ↑ Molur, S. (2008). Cricetulus alticola. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 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.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.