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Where does the Gray Dwarf Hamster live?

Cricetulus migratorius has 1,797 records in 21 countries and territories, from 1853 to 2025. Most records come from Ukraine.

Gray Dwarf Hamster
Gray Dwarf Hamster — Photo: Сергей Викторович Леденков · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaCricetidaeCricetulus

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

18532025

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

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Ukraine 779
Afghanistan 388
Mongolia 266
Iran 111
Georgia 78
China 70
Kyrgyzstan 25
Kazakhstan 20
Israel 19
Russia 12
Türkiye 9
Bulgaria 5
Pakistan 3
Armenia 2
Germany 2
Iraq 2
Turkmenistan 2
Ethiopia 1
Lebanon 1
Uzbekistan 1
ZZ 1

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Others in the family Cricetidae.

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Afghan Mole-Vole
190 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.