Cricetulus barabensis

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Cricetidae; Cricetulus; Cricetulus barabensis; ob river; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11324451; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1332C5409EA41DE34F5B12134338460C

Cricetulus barabensis (Pallas 1773) [Cricetulus] barabensis (Pallas 1773), Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs, Vol. 2: 704. Type Locality: Russia, W Siberia, banks of Ob River, Kasmalinskii Bor (village in Altai Mtns; fide Pavlinov, 2002, in litt). Vernacular Names: Striped Dwarf Hamster. Synonyms: Cricetulus ferrugineus Argyropulo 1941; Cricetulus fumatus Thomas 1909; Cricetulus furunculus (Pallas 1779); Cricetulus griseus (Milne-Edwards 1867); Cricetulus manchuricus Mori 1930; Cricetulus mongolicus (Thomas 1888); Cricetulus obscurus (Milne-Edwards 1867); Cricetulus pseudogriseus Iskhakova 1974; Cricetulus pseudogriseus Orlov and Iskhakova 1975; Cricetulus tuvinicus Iskhakova 1974; Cricetulus xinganensis Wang 1980. Distribution: Steppes of S Siberia from Irtysh River to Ussuri region, south through Transbaikalia to Mongolia (Gromov and Erbajeva, 1995), NE China (Zhang et al., 1997), and Korean Peninsula (Won and Smith, 1999). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Status of griseus remains unsettled: originally described as a species (Milne-Edwards, 1867), later submerged as a subspecies of C. barabensis (G. M. Allen, 1940; Corbet, 1978 c Ellerman, 1941; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951), then reelevated as distinct (Corbet and Hill, 1991; Malygin et al., 1992; Orlov and Iskhakova, 1975; Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987; Wang, 2003). Orlov and Iskhakova (1975) had specifically separated griseus (2n = 22, FN = 38) from C. barabensis (2n = 20, FN = 38) and described the closely related C. pseudogriseus (2n = 24, FN = 38) based only on chromosomal traits. Kral et al. (1984) had difficulty in karyotypically characterizing the three because of the extensive homology among chromosomal arms and questioned their distinctiveness. Corbet (1978 c ) also discussed the problem and included pseudogriseus and griseus in C. barabensis , as did Pavlinov et al. (1995 a ) and Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1998). Malygin et al. (1992), however, reaffirmed the chromosomal and specific distinction of griseus and pseudogriseus from C. ...