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  • Cricetus cricetus— 10 inches long and weighing a bit over a pound—is very different from its captive cousins.

    A Little Victim's Plight Has the Wheel of Justice Spinning John W. Miller 2011

  • [Illustration: Dentition of _Cricetus_.] [Illustration: _Cricetus_.] *****

    Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870

  • The typical fauna of mammals in the vast Kazakhstan steppes includes the numerous rodents such as ground squirrels (Citellus), hamsters (Cricetus, Cricetulus, Podopus), voles (Microtus), birch mice (Sicista), lemmings (Lagurus), marmots (Marmota bobac); and lagomorphs such as pikas (Ochotona) and hares (Lepus).

    Kazakh steppe 2008

  • There is a high diversity of rodents including ground squirrels (Citellus rufescens, C. erythrogenus), hamster (Cricetus cricetus), jerboa (Allactaga saltator), voles (Microtus oeconomus, Clethrionomys rutilus), and steppe lemming (Eremiomys lagurus).

    Kazakh forest steppe 2007

  • 11: 29, Isa. 66: 17 this word is used generically, and includes the jerboa (Mus jaculus), rat, hamster (Cricetus), which, though declared to be unclean animals, were eaten by the Arabs, and are still eaten by the

    Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

  • Hist. ') a species from Kumaon, _Cricetus songarus_.]

    Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870

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