Dzungarian hamster

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q214633
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Summary

Dzungarian hamster is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,168 views/month, #1,320 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Phodopus[5]
  • Taxon name: Phodopus sungorus[6]
  • Commons category: Phodopus sungorus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Phodopus sungorus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Phodopus sungorus[9]
  • Has characteristic: viviparity[10]
  • Short name: P. sungorus[11]
  • Taxon common name: Dzhungarian Hamster[12], Striped Hairy-footed Hamster[13], Streifen-Zwerghamster[14], Dshungarischer Zwerghamster[15], hámster rusu[16]
  • Mass: 2.4 g[17]
  • Time period: Holocene[18]
  • Gestation period: 21.5 day[19]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 1 A[20]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[21]

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Identifiers

Dzungarian hamster's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 44930[22]. Dzungarian hamster's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10044[23]. Dzungarian hamster's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1179519[24]. Dzungarian hamster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2437845[25]. Dzungarian hamster's ITIS TSN is recorded as 632741[26].

Why It Matters

Dzungarian hamster has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [26] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Phodopus sungorus. wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Phodopus sungorus. wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [20] ↑ . Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World (1st edition). wikidata.org.
  24. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21h ago · Brya · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Google knowledge graph id → —
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  2. 1d ago · Bob08 · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 15d ago · Jfpierce · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 48
    Has characteristic → viviparity
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'avk', 'az', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs'
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  4. 21w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
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    Topic's main category → Category:Phodopus sungorus
    Time period → Holocene
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