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Encyclopedia > Mesocricetus
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Mesocricetus
Fossil Range: Early Pliocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Metazoa
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Cricetinae
Genus: Mesocricetus
Nehring, 1894
Species

Mesocricetus auratus
Mesocricetus brandti
Mesocricetus newtoni
Mesocricetus raddei
The Pliocene epoch (a. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Phyla Radiata Cnidaria Ctenophora - Comb jellies Bilateria Protostomia Acoelomorpha Platyhelminthes - Flatworms Nemertina - Ribbon worms Gastrotricha Gnathostomulida - Jawed worms Micrognathozoa Rotifera - Rotifers Acanthocephala Priapulida Kinorhyncha Loricifera Entoprocta Nematoda - Roundworms Nematomorpha - Horsehair worms Cycliophora Mollusca - Mollusks Sipuncula - Peanut worms Annelida - Segmented worms Tardigrada - Water bears Onychophora - Velvet worms Arthropoda - Insects, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Subclass Embrithopoda (extinct) Subclass Creodonta (extinct) Hyaenodontidae Oxyaenidae Subclass Multituberculata (extinct) Plagiaulacida Cimolodonta Subclass Palaeoryctoides (extinct) Subclass Triconodonta (extinct) Subclass Placentalia Afrosoricida Artiodactyla Carnivora Cetacea Chiroptera Dermoptera Desmostylia (extinct) Hyracoidea Insectivora Lagomorpha Macroscelidea Perissodactyla Pholidota Primates Proboscidea Rodentia Scandentia Sirenia Tubulidentata Xenarthra Subclass Marsupialia Dasyuromorphia Didelphimorphia Diprotodontia Microbiotheria Notoryctemorphia... Families See Classification Section The order Rodentia is the most numerous of all the branches on the mammal family tree. ... Subfamilies see text Cricetidae is a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. ... Genera see text This article is about the animal. ...

Mesocricetus is a genus of Old World hamsters. In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a grouping in the classification of living organisms having one or more related and morphologically similar species. ... The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus: Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Africa-Eurasia) and the surrounding islands. ... Genera Cricetus Mesocricetus Cricetulus Phodopus This article is about the animal. ...


Species

Binomial name Mesocricetus auratus Waterhouse,, 1839 The Syrian Hamster or Golden Hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, is the best known member of the rodent subfamily Cricetinae, the hamsters. ... Binomial name Mesocricetus brandti (Nehring, 1898) The Turkish hamster Mesocricetus brandti is a species of of hamster closely related to the golden hamster. ...

References

  • http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/mammalia/rodentia/cricetidae/mesocricetus/

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Hamster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3684 words)
Hamsters are sometimes used in lab experiments (because they can reproduce quickly), along with rats, mice, and many other rodents.
The best known species is the Syrian Hamster, also known as the Golden Hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, which is commonly kept as a pet.
Djungarian Hamster (Phodopus sungorus); two subspecies are recognised, the Siberian Hamster proper or White Russian Hamster (Phodopus sungorus sungorus), and Campbell's Dwarf Russian Hamster (Phodopus sungorus campbelli)
Nat' Academies Press, Nutrient Requirements of Laboratory Animals, Fourth Revised Edition, 1995 (1995) (7608 words)
Golden hamsters, Mesocricetus auratus, collected from a burrow 8 feet deep in a wheat field near Aleppo, Syria, were established as a colony of laboratory animals at the Microbiological Institute of Jerusalem in 1930.
Colonies of the Romanian hamster, Mesocricetus neutoni, were established in Bucharest and used for research in cytogenetics and taxonomy (Hamar and Schutowa, 1966; Murphy, 1977; Popescu and DiPaolo, 1980).
Hibernation and longevity in the Turkish hamster Mesocricetus brandti.
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