The Gansu hamster (Cansumys canus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, endemic to China. It is the only species in the genus Cansumys.
Gansu hamster | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Cricetinae |
Genus: | Cansumys G. M. Allen, 1928 |
Species: | C. canus
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Binomial name | |
Cansumys canus G. M. Allen, 1928
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References
edit- ^ Smith, A.T. (2016). "Cansumys canus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T3760A22379681. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3760A22379681.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4
They are incredibly endangered animals and could potentially go extinct very soon