What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Gray Dwarf Hamster been recorded?

Cricetulus migratorius occurrence evidence comes from 806 records in 14 countries and territories, from 1913 to 2025. Most records come from Afghanistan.

Gray Dwarf Hamster
Gray Dwarf Hamster — Photo (display-sized rendition): Сергей Викторович Леденков · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
MammaliaRodentiaCricetidaeCricetulus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

806 records across 14 countries and territories, 1913–2025.

Cricetulus migratorius · GBIF taxon key 2438772

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-21. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: August.

10 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: August. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19132025

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Gray Dwarf Hamster has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Gray Dwarf Hamster. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Afghanistan 388
Mongolia 252
Iran 111
China 25
Türkiye 8
Ukraine 7
Russia 5
Pakistan 3
Iraq 2
Kazakhstan 1
Lebanon 1
Turkmenistan 1
Uzbekistan 1
ZZ 1

Related animals

Others in the family Cricetidae.

muskrat
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Bank Vole
Bank Vole
6,466 records
Afghan Mole-Vole
57 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.