NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Greater Long-tailed Hamster
Tscherskia triton (de Winton, 1899)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Tscherskia triton (de Winton, 1899)
- Name authority
- (de Winton, 1899)
- Common name
- Greater Long-tailed Hamster
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Tscherskia
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
- suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
- superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
- familyCricetidae Fischer, 1817
- subfamilyCricetinae Fischer, 1817
- genusTscherskia Ognev, 1914
- speciesTscherskia triton (de Winton, 1899)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Tscherskia albipes Ognev, 1914 Ognev, 1914 | synonym |
| Cricetulus triton fuscipes G. M. Allen, 1925 G. M. Allen, 1925 | synonym |
| Asiocricetus bampensis Kishida, 1929 Kishida, 1929 | synonym |
| Asiocricetus yamashinai Kishida, 1929 Kishida, 1929 | synonym |
| Cricetulus triton collinus G. M. Allen, 1925 G. M. Allen, 1925 | synonym |
| Cricetulus triton incanus Thomas, 1908 Thomas, 1908 | synonym |
| Cricetulus triton meihsienensis Ho, 1935 Ho, 1935 | synonym |
| Cricetulus triton ningshaanensis Song, 1985 Song, 1985 | synonym |
| Cricetulus arenosus Mori, 1939 Mori, 1939 | synonym |
| Cricetulus nestor Thomas, 1907 Thomas, 1907 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Southern Asia
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=632742 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:59HGN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.