| Chinese striped hamster | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Cricetinae |
| Genus: | Cricetulus |
| Species: | C. barabensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cricetulus barabensis (Pallas, 1773)
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The Chinese striped hamster (Cricetulus barabensis), also known as the striped dwarf hamster, is a species of hamster. It is distributed across North Asia from southern Siberia through Mongolia and northeastern China to northern North Korea. An adult Chinese striped hamster weighs 20 to 35 g (0.7 to 1.2 oz), and has a body length of 72 to 116 mm (2.8 to 4.6 in) with a tail of 15 to 26 mm (0.6 to 1.0 in). It is smaller and has a much shorter tail than the greater long-tailed hamster, Tscherskia triton, which inhabits much of the same range.
- ^ Batsaikhan, N.; Tinnin, D.; Shar, S.; Avirmed, D.; Usukhjargal, D. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Cricetulus barabensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T5524A115072992. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T5524A22391002.en. Retrieved 13 September 2024.