Mesocricetus newtoni Nehring 1898

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1045

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scientific name	Mesocricetus newtoni Nehring 1898
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Mesocricetus newtoni Nehring 1898 , Zool. Anz., 21: 329.

Type Locality: Bulgaria, Kolarovgrad (= Schumla or Shumen).

Vernacular Names: Romanian Hamster.

Distribution: Restricted to right side of Danube River in SE Romania and N Bulgaria.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Systematic summaries and comparisons with other species are provided by Niethammer (1982 c) and Mitchell-Jones et al. (1999); 2n = 38 ( Raicu and Bratosin, 1965). Hosey (1982) postulated origin of this species around 20,000 -10,000 years before present, resulting from dispersion of Near East Mesocricetus across a Bosphorus land bridge and subsequent isolation due to post-Pleistocene sea level increase.