Biology:Eversmann's hamster

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Short description: Species of rodent

Eversmann's hamster
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Cricetinae
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.[citation needed] It is endemic to Kazakhstan.

References

  1. Tsytsulina, K.; Formozov, N.; Sheftel, B. (2008). "Allocricetulus eversmanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/875/0. Retrieved 11 February 2009. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1382156 entry