Cricetus cricetus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Hamster

Side view. Also as Black-bellied Hamster|European Hamster|German Marmot|Great Hamster.
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Location: Czech Republic, BohemiaDate taken: Jan 1, 1981

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Cricetinae
Tribe : Cricetini
Genus : Cricetus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Linnaeus, C. 1758-01-01. Systema naturæ per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm, 823 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033871

Original name as described

Mus Cricetus

Other common names

Black-bellied Hamster · European Hamster · German Marmot · Great Hamster

Type locality

"Habitat in Germania [= Germany]."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Netherlands · Belgium · France · Germany · Czech Republic · Poland · Austria · Slovakia · Bosnia and Herzegovina? · Croatia? · Hungary · Serbia · Romania · Bulgaria · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Russia · Georgia? · Kazakhstan · China

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002207

Country distribution map

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KnownPredicted distribution

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 46 names and synonyms.

Mus Cricetus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cricetus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

60

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033871

Authority publication

Stockholm

Name usages

  1. Linnaeus (1758:60, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25033871) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57429)
  2. Linnaeus (1766:82, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42946278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38438)
  3. Zimmermann (1783:159, 167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  4. Zimmermann (1783:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  5. Boddaert (1785:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230073) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  6. Gmelin (1788:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751357) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  7. Borkhausen (1797:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38962571) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59275)
  8. Cuvier (1797:139, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637221) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)
  9. Bechstein (1801:1006, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60397)
  10. Turton (1802:86, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772942) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  11. Wolf (1808:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
  12. Goldfuss (1809:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
  13. Gray (1821:303) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9308)
  14. Wagler (1830:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965762) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)

Glis Cricetus

(Erxleben, 1777)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cricetus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

363

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873160

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Erxleben (1777:363, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  2. Borowski (1780:35, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)

Cricetus vulgaris

N. G. Leske, 1779

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Authority page

169

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Leske (1779:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69307)
  2. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:196) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  3. Tiedemann (1808:468) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37333)
  4. Fischer (1814:vii, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  5. Illiger (1815:63, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080919) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
  6. Muirhead (1819:435, 436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  7. Muirhead (1819:436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
  8. Hemprich (1820:31) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69417)
  9. Ranzani (1820:375, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807955) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  10. Goldfuss (1820:432) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41309)
  11. Schinz (1821:289, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  12. Desmarest (1822:309, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521715) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
  13. Lesson (1827:261, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207729) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  14. Brants (1827:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497099) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35204)
  15. Fischer (1829:328) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
  16. Burnett (1830:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3909460) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/44017)
  17. Cuvier (1833:448, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26232921) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37101)
  18. Burmeister (1837:809, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
  19. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  20. Lesson (1842:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  21. Giebel (1847:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22961733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/43573)
  22. Gistel (1848:248, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25781125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69572)
  23. Gervais (1850:25, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27348809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61633)
  24. Fitzinger (1867:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6476784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34989)
  25. Nehring (1903:360, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7660895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68563)
  26. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus Cricetus germanicus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

germanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664267

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus Cricetus germanicus niger

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

243

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664267

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:243, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664267) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Hamster nigricans

(de Lacépède, 1799)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

nigricans

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

10

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lacépède (1799:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/62452)
  2. Fischer (1803:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47061735) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69311)
  3. Fischer (1813:442, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29109553) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49925)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus Cricetus albus

(Bechstein, 1801)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

albus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

1009

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258261

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Bechstein (1801:1009, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60397)
  2. Wolf (1808:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)

Mus Cricetus fulvus

(Bechstein, 1801)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

fulvus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

1010

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258262

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus Cricetus niger

(Bechstein, 1801)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

1009

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258261

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Bechstein (1801:1009, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60397)
  2. Wolf (1808:438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)

Mus Cricetus variegatus

(Bechstein, 1801)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

variegatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

1009

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258261

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Bechstein (1801:1009, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30258261) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60397)
  2. Wolf (1808:439) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)

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