Cricetulus griseus Milne-Edwards, 1867 . Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris, 7:376.

TYPE LOCALITY: China, “ Inner Mongolia," Suenhoafu, near Kalgan (in Hopei) .

DISTRIBUTION: N.E. China (Anhwei north to Liaoning, west to Shansi); perhaps Inner Mongolia.

COMMENT: Orlov and Iskhakova, 1975, Zool. Zh., 54:597, and Corbet, 1978:91, included obscurus in griseus; but also see Sokolov and Orlov, 1980, [Guide to the Mammals of Mongolian P. R.], p. 123, who considered obscurus to be a distinct species; see also comment under barabensis .