Eversmann's hamster

Eversmann's 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. eversmanni
Binomial name
*Allocricetulus eversmanni* (Brandt, 1859)

Eversmann's hamster (Allocricetulus eversmanni) is a species of hamster in the family Cricetidae, and is one of two members of the genus Allocricetulus. It has been named after the Russian naturalist, zoologist, and explorer Eduard Friedrich Eversmann. It is endemic to Kazakhstan.

References

↑ Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N. & Sheftel, B. (2008). "Allocricetulus eversmanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 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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