Cricetulus barabensis ( Pallas, 1773 )

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 171-172

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scientific name	Cricetulus barabensis ( Pallas, 1773 )
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Cricetulus barabensis ( Pallas, 1773) —Striped Dwarf Hamster, Chinese striped hamster

Mus barabensis Pallas, 1773 p.704 ; Type locality- Kasmalinskii Bor (village in Altai mountain), bank of Ob River, west Siberia, Russia.

Cricetulus griseus Milne-Edwards, 1867 p.376 ; Type locality- Beijing, China.

C. griseus fumatus Thomas, 1909 p.503 ; Type locality- Changchun, Jirin, China; Tate, 1947 p.256.

C. manchuricus Mori, 1930a p.419 ; Type locality- Harbin, Manchuria.

C. barabensis fumatus: Chaworth-Musters, 1933 p.223 View in CoL ; Won, 1958 p.446; Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.370; Won, 1967 p.209; Won, 1968 p.197; Yoon, 1992 p.72.

C. barabensis: Won, 1968 p.197 ; Han, 1994 p.47; Won & Smith, 1999 p.26; Han, 2004c p.138.

Range: The striped dwarf hamster has a distribution limited to northern Korea, especially the extreme northwestern and northeastern areas ( Fig. 117 View FIGURE 117 ). Striped dwarf hamsters have been collected in Sinuiju City, Cheolsan County, Pyeonganbuk Province (northwestern province) and Onseong-County, Hamgyeongbuk-Province (northeastern province) ( Han 2004c).

Remarks: Morphometric analysis of the C. barabensis group supported griseus as a subspecies ( Lebedev & Lissovsky 2008). Cricetulus barabensis griseus is the subspecies in Korea.