European hamster

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q208077
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Summary

European hamster is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,198 views/month, #1,239 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Animal of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Critically Endangered[5]
  • Parent taxon: Cricetus[6]
  • Taxon name: Cricetus cricetus[7]
  • Commons category: Cricetus cricetus[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cricetus cricetus[9]
  • Commons gallery: Cricetus cricetus[10]
  • Original combination: Mus cricetus[11]
  • Taxon common name: Hámster Común[12], Grand Hamster[13], Black-bellied Hamster[14], Common Hamster[15], Hamster[16], Deutscher Feldhamster[17], Feldhamster[18], europese hamster, korenwolf[19], grand hamster, grand hamster deurope[20], common hamster, european hamster, black-bellied hamster[21], křeček polní[22], 原仓鼠[23], hámster euroasiáticu[24], veliki hrček[25]
  • Longest observed lifespan: 10[26]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[27]
  • Regional conservation status: Vulnerable[28]

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Identifiers

European hamster's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 45836[29]. European hamster's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10034[30]. European hamster's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1179512[31]. European hamster's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2438704[32]. European hamster's ITIS TSN is recorded as 632734[33].

Why It Matters

European hamster has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What awards did European hamster receive?

Honors received include Animal of the Year[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  31. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · CommonsDelinker · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → European hamster in Vienna.jpg
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Hamster.jpg, Replacing Hamster.jpg with [[File:European_hamster_in_Vienna.jpg]] (by [[:c:User:CommonsDelinker|CommonsDelinker]] because: [[:c:COM:FR|Fi"
  2. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → Hámster Común, Grand Hamster, Black-bellied Hamster +12
    Interlingual index id → i47868
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02345710-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  3. 15w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → Hámster Común, Grand Hamster, Black-bellied Hamster +12
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Taxon common name: veliki hrček"
  4. 15w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Vulnerable
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: Vulnerable, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
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