Phodopus sungorus Pallas 1773 ...

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Cricetidae; Phodopus; Phodopus sungorus; Lynx; Siberia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6706432; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6706432

3. Striped Desert Hamster Phodopus sungorus French: Hamster de Dzoungarie / German: Dsungarischer Zwerghamster / Spanish: Hamster enano de Zungaria Other common names: Dzungarian Hamster, Russian Winter White Dwarf Hamster, Siberian Dwarf Hamster, Siberian Hamster, Striped Hairy-footed Hamster, Striped Hamster Taxonomy. Mus sungorus Pallas, 1773, Grachevsk, 100 km W of Semipalatinsk, E Kazakhstan. Analysis of mtDNA demonstrated that P. sungorus and P. campbelli are sister species. Within P. sungorus, there are two distinct mtDNA clades: western (southwestern Siberia, Kazakhstan) and eastern (south-central Siberia). Monotypic. Distribution. N, C & E Kazakhstan and Russia (adjacent SW Siberia and an isolated population in SC Siberia). Descriptive notes. Head—body 70-90 mm, tail 5—15 mm, ear 11-16 mm, hindfoot 11-15 mm; weight 22-25 g. The Striped Desert Hamster has a rounded body and short, broad feet. Summer fur is ash-gray to dark brown on head and upperparts, with welldefined black mid-dorsal stripe ... : Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, pp. 204-535 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on pages 281-282, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6707142 ...