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Preferred term

Cricetulus  

Type

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Armenian Hamster
  • Armenian Hamsters
  • Chinese Hamster
  • Chinese Hamsters
  • Hamster, Armenian
  • Hamster, Chinese
  • Hamsters, Armenian
  • Hamsters, Chinese

Note

  • do not confuse with CRICETUS see CRICETINAE or CRICETIDAE see ARVICOLINAE; NIM with no qualifiers when experimental animal

Scope note

  • A genus of the family Muridae consisting of eleven species. C. migratorius, the grey or Armenian hamster, and C. griseus, the Chinese hamster, are the two species used in biomedical research.

History note

  • 91(78); was see under HAMSTERS 1978-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003412

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