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Eversmann's Hamster

Allocricetulus eversmanni (Brandt, 1859)

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.

Open encyclopedia reference

Eversmann's hamster (Allocricetulus eversmanni) is a species of hamster in the family Cricetidae, and is one of two members of the genus Allocricetulus. It is named after the Russian naturalist, zoologist, and explorer Eduard Friedrich Eversmann, who collected the holotype of this species. It is found in Kazakhstan, China, and Russia.

Wikipedia contributors, Eversmann's hamster; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:35:42.580155+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name: Allocricetulus eversmanni (Brandt, 1859)
Name authority: (Brandt, 1859)
Common name: Eversmann's Hamster
Rank: species
Accepted status: accepted
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Allocricetulus
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
genusAllocricetulus Argyropulo, 1933
speciesAllocricetulus eversmanni (Brandt, 1859)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Allocricetulus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

Species	Classification	Source status
Mongolian HamsterAllocricetulus curtatus (G. M. Allen, 1925)	CricetidaeChordata	Accepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded name	Source status
Cricetulus eversmanni belajevi Selevin, 1934 Selevin, 1934	synonym
Cricetulus beljawi Argyropulo, 1933 Argyropulo, 1933	synonym
Mesocricetus microdon Ognev, 1925 Ognev, 1925	synonym
Cricetulus eversmanni beljaevi Kuznetzov, 1944 Kuznetzov, 1944	synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)

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=632726 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:BVXV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.