Allocricetulus

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Allocricetulus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Cricetinae
Genus: Allocricetulus
(Argyropulo, 1932)
Type species
Cricetus eversmanni
Brandt, 1859
Species

Allocricetulus curtatus
Allocricetulus eversmanni

e. C-banded chromosomes of the Eversmann's hamster (Allocricetulus eversmanni, 2n = 26) with pericentomeric C-bands on the X and Y chromosomes. Allocricetulus eversmanni.jpeg
e. C-banded chromosomes of the Eversmann's hamster (Allocricetulus eversmanni, 2n = 26) with pericentomeric C-bands on the X and Y chromosomes.

Allocricetulus is a genus of hamsters in the family Cricetidae, which are found in Asia. [1] It contains the following species:

References

  1. Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.