Romanian hamster

Romanian hamster
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Cricetinae
Genus: Mesocricetus
Species:
M. newtoni
Binomial name
Mesocricetus newtoni
(Nehring, 1898)

The Romanian hamster or Dobrudja hamster (Mesocricetus newtoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bulgaria and Romania.

  1. ^ Coroiu, I.; Vohralík, V. (2008). "Mesocricetus newtoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T13221A3421872. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T13221A3421872.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.