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Taxon: Genus Mesocricetus Nehring, 1898 (mammal)
Classification by:

Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Count: [*] 26o;133f;1112g;4545s;7ss; ‡3f;23g;88s; †1g;9s
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
  Count: [*] 28f;427g;1970s; ‡1f;16g;48s; †1g;4s
     Suborder Sciurognathi (Tullberg, 1899) see Suborder Sciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
    Count: [*] 11f;370g;1762s; ‡5g;24s; †3g;7s
       Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
      Count: [*] 276g;1302s; ‡5g;24s; †3g;7s
         Subfamily Cricetinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - hamsters
        Count: [*] 7g;18s
           Genus Mesocricetus Nehring, 1898 - golden hamsters
          Count: [*] 4s
             1 Mesocricetus auratus (Waterhouse, 1839) - golden hamster
            Count: -
             2 Mesocricetus brandti Nehring, 1898
            Count: -
             3 Mesocricetus newtoni Nehring, 1898 - Rumanian hamster
            Count: -
             4 Mesocricetus raddei Nehring, 1894 - Ciscaucasian hamster
            Count: -

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