HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Cricetinae
--> GENUS Mesocricetus
SPECIES Mesocricetus newtoni
Author: | Nehring, 1898. | Citation: | Zool. Anz., 21: 329. | Common Name: | Romanian Hamster | Type Locality: | Bulgaria, Kolarovgrad (= Schumla or Shumen). | Distribution: | Restricted to right side of Danube River in SE Romania and N Bulgaria. | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Systematic summaries and comparisons with other species are provided by Niethammer (1982c) and Mitchell-Jones et al. (1999); 2n = 38 (Raicu and Bratosin, 1965). Hosey (1982) postulated origin of this species around 20,000-10,000 years before present, resulting from dispersion of Near East Mesocricetus across a Bosphorus land bridge and subsequent isolation due to post-Pleistocene sea level increase. |
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