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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Cricetinae
--> GENUS Cricetulus
SPECIES Cricetulus sokolovi
| Author: | Orlov and Malygin, 1988. | | Citation: | Zool. Zh., 67: 305. | | Common Name: | Sokolov’s Dwarf Hamster | | Type Locality: | W Mongolia, Bayan Hongor, SW shore Orog Nuur Lake (fide Pavlinov, 2002, in litt). | | Distribution: | W and S Mongolia, C Nei Mongol of N China. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | A species well defined by chromosomal and pelage traits (Malyguin et al., 1992; Orlov and Malygin, 1988). Samples from Mongolia had been identified as C. obscurus (Kral et al., 1984, and references therein; Orlov and Malygin, 1988); true obscurus is a form of C. barabensis. |
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