Mesocricetus newtoni Nehring 1898

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1045

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scientific name	Mesocricetus newtoni Nehring 1898
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Mesocricetus newtoni Nehring 1898 View in CoL

Mesocricetus newtoni Nehring 1898 View in CoL , Zool. Anz., 21: 329.

Type Locality: Bulgaria, Kolarovgrad (= Schumla or Shumen).

Vernacular Names: Romanian Hamster.

Distribution: Restricted to right side of Danube River in SE Romania and N Bulgaria.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Systematic summaries and comparisons with other species are provided by Niethammer (1982 c) and Mitchell-Jones et al. (1999); 2n = 38 ( Raicu and Bratosin, 1965). Hosey (1982) postulated origin of this species around 20,000 -10,000 years before present, resulting from dispersion of Near East Mesocricetus across a Bosphorus land bridge and subsequent isolation due to post-Pleistocene sea level increase.

References

Hosey, G. R. 1982. The Bosporus land-bridge and mammal distributions in Asia Minor and the Balkans. Saugetierkundliche Mitteilungen, 30: 53 - 62.

Mitchell-Jones, A. J., G. Amori, W. Bogdanowicz, B. Krystufek, P. J. H. Reijnders, F. Spitzenberger, M. Stubbe, J. B. M. Thissen, V. Vohralik, and J. Zima. 1999. Atlas of European mammals. Academic Press, London, 496 pp.

Niethammer, J. 1982 c. Mesocricetus newtoni (Nehring, 1898) -- Rumanischer Goldhamster. Pp. 29 - 38, in Handbuch der Saugetiere Europas (J. Niethammer and F. Krapp, eds.). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft (Wiesbaden), 2 / I: 1 - 649.

Raicu, P., and S. Bratosin. 1965. Le caryotype chez le Mesocricetus newtoni (Nehring, 1898). Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde, 31: 251 - 255.