Concept information
Preferred term
Cricetulus
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
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
In other languages
-
Finnish
-
Cricetulus
-
pikkuhamsterien suku
-
Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003412
{{label}}
{{#each values }} {{! loop through ConceptPropertyValue objects }}
{{#if prefLabel }}
{{/if}}
{{/each}}
{{#if notation }}{{ notation }} {{/if}}{{ prefLabel }}
{{#ifDifferentLabelLang lang }} ({{ lang }}){{/ifDifferentLabelLang}}
{{#if vocabName }}
{{ vocabName }}
{{/if}}