Common hamster (&amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Cricetus cricetus&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt; L., 1758, Cricetidae, Rodentia) in Moscow City: genetic structure, conservation status
Journal: Зоологический журнал / Russian Journal of Zoology
Year: 2025

The habitat conditions and genetic structure of the native population of the common hamster in Moscow, listed in the 3rd edition of the Red Data Book of Moscow City with the status 3 (vulnerable in the city), are described. Information about the presence of the common hamster in Moscow dates back to the end of the XIX century. Over the past 50 years, the Moscow population is noted to have sharply declined in abundance and has survived only along the Yazvenka River and the banks of the Borisov po