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Cricetus

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Cricetus
small brown rodent with black underbelly. Nocturnal, burrower, hoarder, brief gestation period (15-16 days) and possesses a pair of capacious cheek pouches. Popular as a research animal and as a pet. Includes Cricetus cricetus (common hamster), C. griseus (Chinese hamster) and Mesocricetus auratus (golden or Syrian hamster).
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The little fellah at the centre of the warning is the Cricetus cricetus better known as the "great hamster of Alsace" or the black-bellied Hamster, and as one of its name suggests is native to eastern France.
France Faces Fine over Lack of Hamster Love by Johnny Summerton / News, opinion and commentary community
Most notable was the formation of a clade consisting of Tscherskia triton, Cricetulus migratorius, Cricetus cricetus, and Allocricetulus eversmanni that branches off from a clade consisting of other Cricetulus species.
Recent activity of the retrotransposable B2 element in hamsters and ... by Katakowski, Joseph A.; Kass, David H. / Michigan Academician
 
 
 
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