Cricetulus longicaudatus (Milne-Edwards, 1867) . Rech. Mamm., p. 136.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, N. Shansi, near Saratsi .

DISTRIBUTION: Altai and Tuva (U.S. S.R.); W. and S. Mongolia; Sinkiang to Hopei and Szechwan (China).

COMMENT: Flint, 1966, Die Zwerghamster der Palaearktischen Fauna, Stuttgart, suggested that kamensis might be conspecific, but Wang and Cheng, 1973, Acta Zool. Sin., 19:61-68, considered it a distinct species.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008010005001.