Allocricetulus

Allocricetulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Cricetinae
Genus:	Allocricetulus (Argyropulo, 1932)
Species
Allocricetulus curtatus Allocricetulus eversmanni

Allocricetulus is a genus of hamsters in the family Cricetidae, which are found in Asia.

It contains the following two species:

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

References

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) Lama Dwarf (Cricetulus lama) 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)

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