Cricetulus barabensis (Pallas, 1773). Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs., 2:704. TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Altaisk. Krai, near Barnaul, Pavlovsk, Kasmalinsky-Bor. DISTRIBUTION: Steppes of S. Siberia from Irtysh River to Ussuri region (U.S. S.R.), south to N.W. Mongolia, N.E. China, and Korea. COMMENT: Includes fumatus; see Orlov and Iskhakova, 1975, Zool. Zh., 54(4):597-604. Corbet, 1978:91, included griseus and pseudogriseus in barabensis; but also see Flint, 1966, Die Zwerghamster der Palaearktischen Fauna, Stuttgart, who considered griseus a distinct allopatric species, and Orlov and Iskhakova, 1975, Zool. Zh., 54(4): 597-604, Matthey, 1960, Caryologia, 13: 199-223, Orlov et al., 1978, in, [Geography and Dynamics of Plants and Animals in Mongolian P.R.], pp. 149- 164, and Sokolov and Orlov, 1980, [Guide to the Mammals of Mongolian P.R.], p. 123, who considered griseus and pseudogriseus as distinct species. Formerly included obscurus; see Sokolov and Orlov, 1980, [Guide to the Mammals of Mongolian P.R.], p. 123. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008010002001.

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Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 405, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031