Greater long-tailed hamster

Greater long-tailed hamster Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Cricetinae
Genus:	Tscherskia Ognev, 1914
Species:	T. triton
Binomial name
Tscherskia triton (de Winton, 1899) [2]

The greater long-tailed hamster (Tscherskia triton) is a rodent native to Siberia, the Korean Peninsula, and China. It is the only member of the genus Tscherskia.

Taxonomy

The genetic diversity of Tscherskia triton has a positive correlation to population density when using microsatellite markers.^{[ citation needed ]}

Conservation

Climate change and human activity have had an influence on the genetic variation of this species. ^[3]

Behavior

Male greater long-tailed hamsters exhibit high aggression during both the breeding and non-breeding seasons. Female greater long-tailed hamsters mainly show aggression during the non-breeding season. ^[4]

References

1. Cassola, F. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Tscherskia triton". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22432A115166449. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22432A22384113.en . Retrieved 19 April 2021.
2. de Winton, W. E.; Styan, F. W. (1899). "On Chinese Mammals, principally from Western Sechuen". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 67 (3): 572–578. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1899.tb06875.x. ISSN   0370-2774.
3. Dong, Jingping; Li, Chuanhai; Zhang, Zhibin (2010). "Density-Dependent Genetic Variation in Dynamic Populations of the Greater Long-Tailed Hamster (Tscherskia triton)". Journal of Mammalogy. 91 (1): 200–207. doi: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-098R1.1 . ISSN   0022-2372. JSTOR   27755187. S2CID   85773525.
4. Wang, D; Zhang, J; Wang, Z; Zhang, Z (2006-10-30). "Seasonal changes in chronic social interactions and physiological states in female rat-like hamsters (Tscheskia triton)" . Physiology & Behavior. 89 (3): 420–427. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.07.006. PMID   16914175. S2CID   35323511.