Winter white dwarf hamster: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the winter white dwarf hamster lives – recorded in 3 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phodopus sungorus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	3 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America
Mass	2.4 g (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the winter white dwarf hamster live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the winter white dwarf hamster in 3 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a winter white dwarf hamster?

Wikidata records the following for the winter white dwarf hamster: mass 2.4 g (birth weight).

Is the winter white dwarf hamster endangered?

The winter white dwarf hamster’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the winter white dwarf hamster?

The winter white dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Phodopus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the winter white dwarf hamster

The winter white dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus), also known as the Russian dwarf hamster, Djungarian hamster, Dzungarian hamster, striped dwarf hamster, Siberian hamster, or Siberian dwarf hamster, is one of three species of hamster in the genus Phodopus. Its body is ball-shaped and typically half the size of the golden hamster, so is called a dwarf hamster along with all Phodopus species. Features of the winter white hamster include a typically thick, dark grey dorsal stripe and furry feet. As winter approaches and the days shorten, the winter white dwarf hamster's dark fur is almost entirely replaced with white fur. In captivity, this does not usually happen as animals maintained as pets are generally housed indoors and exposed to artificial light that prevents the recognition of short winter daylengths. In the wild, they originate from the wheat fields of Kazakhstan, the meadows of Mongolia and Siberia, and the birch stands of Manchuria.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Winter white dwarf hamster (revision 1380553701), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q214633 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).