Allocricetulus eversmanni (Brandt 1859)

[Cricetulus] eversmanni Brandt 1859, Melanges Biol. Acad. St. Petersbourg: 210.

Type Locality: Russia, Orenburg Oblast, near Orenburg.

Vernacular Names: Eversmann's Hamster.

Synonyms: Allocricetulus beljawi (Argyropulo 1933); Allocricetulus belajevi (Selevin 1934); Allocricetulus beljaevi (Kuznetzov 1944); Allocricetulus microdon (Ognev 1925); Allocricetulus pseudocurtatus Vorontsov and Kryukova 1969 .

Distribution: Steppes of N Kazakhstan from Volga River to the upper Irtysh River at Zaysan Lake in E Kazakhstan; also N Xinjiang Prov., NW China (Wang, 2003).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: See Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987) for allocation of pseudocurtatus .