Allocricetulus

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

• Mongolian hamster (Allocricetulus curtatus)
• Eversmann's hamster (Allocricetulus eversmanni)

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.