Cricetulus alticola Thomas 1917

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 : 1041

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scientific name

Cricetulus alticola Thomas 1917
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Cricetulus alticola Thomas 1917 View in CoL

Cricetulus alticola Thomas 1917 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 19: 455.

Type Locality: India, Ladak (Kashmir), Shushul, 13,500 ft (4115 m).

Vernacular Names: Ladak Dwarf Hamster.

Distribution: NE India in Jammu and Ladak ( Agrawal, 2000), Nepal ( Lim and Ross, 1992), and western part of Tibetan Plateau (Xizang) in China ( Feng et al., 1986).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Conventionally recognized as a species ( Corbet, 1978 c; Corbet and Hill, 1991; Ellerman, 1941, 1961; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951; Musser and Carleton, 1993; Pavlinov et al., 1995 a), but Feng et al. (1986) considered alticola to be a subspecies of C. kamensis that occurs in W Xizang Prov. (an allocation followed by Zhang et al., 1997, and Wang, 2003).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Cricetulus

Loc

Cricetulus alticola Thomas 1917

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Cricetulus alticola

Thomas 1917: 455
1917
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