Mongolian hamster

Mongolian hamster
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Allocricetulus
Species:	A. curtatus
Binomial name
*Allocricetulus curtatus* (G. M. Allen, 1925)

The Mongolian hamster (Allocricetulus curtatus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is one of two members of the genus Allocricetulus, and is found in China and Mongolia.

References

↑ Batsaikhan, N., Avirmed, D. & Tinnin, D. (2008). Allocricetulus curtatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 11 February 2009.

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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