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Mesocricetus newtoni (Nehring, 1898). Zool. Anz., 21:329. TYPE LOCALITY: Bulgaria, Kolarovgrad (= Schumla or Shumen). DISTRIBUTION: E Rumania and Bulgaria. COMMENTS: A distinct species (Corbet, 1978c; Corbet and Hill, 1991). Niethammer (1982c) summarized taxonomy, morphology, chromosomal data, distribution, paleontology, biology, and provided comparisons with other species of Mesocricetus.

Published as part of Guy G. Musser & Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 539, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098