Gansu hamster

Species of rodent

Gansu hamster
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Cricetinae
Genus: Cansumys
G. M. Allen, 1928
Species:
C. canus
Binomial name
Cansumys canus
G. M. Allen, 1928

The Gansu hamster (Cansumys canus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, endemic to China. It is the only species in the genus Cansumys.

References

  1. ^ Smith, A.T. (2016). "Cansumys canus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T3760A22379681. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3760A22379681.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4
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Species of hamsters (subfamily Cricetinae)
Allocricetulus
  • Mongolian hamster (Allocricetulus curtatus)
  • Eversmann's hamster (Allocricetulus eversmanni)
Cansumys
  • Gansu hamster (Cansumys canus)
Cricetulus
  • Tibetan dwarf hamster (Cricetulus alticola)
  • Chinese striped hamster (Cricetulus barabensis)
  • Chinese hamster (Cricetulus griseus)
  • Kam dwarf hamster (Cricetulus kamensis)
  • Lama dwarf hamster (Cricetulus lama)
  • Long-tailed dwarf hamster (Cricetulus longicaudatus)
  • Sokolov's dwarf hamster (Cricetulus sokolovi)
Cricetus
  • European hamster (Cricetus cricetus)
Mesocricetus
  • Golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)
  • Turkish hamster (Mesocricetus brandti)
  • Romanian hamster (Mesocricetus newtoni)
  • Ciscaucasian hamster (Mesocricetus raddei)
Nothocricetulus
  • Grey dwarf hamster (Nothocricetulus migratorius)
Phodopus
  • Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
  • Roborovski's hamster (Phodopus roborovskii)
  • Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus)
Tscherskia
  • Greater long-tailed hamster (Tscherskia triton)
Taxon identifiers
Cansumys canus


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They are incredibly endangered animals and could potentially go extinct very soon