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NRLD - 103237 | Cricetus cricetus

Assessment ID
103237
Taxon name
Cricetus cricetus
Linnaeus, 1758
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National Red List Database
Taxonomic information
Scientific name
Cricetus cricetus
Linnaeus, 1758
Common name(s)
Grand hamster
Assessed taxon level
Species
Higher level taxonomic groupings
Vertebrates
Mammals
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
chordata
Class
mammalia
Order
rodentia
Family
cricetidae
Genus
Cricetus
Species
cricetus
Species authority
Linnaeus, 1758
Location and scope
Specific locality or subnational name or regional name
France (Mainland And Corsica)
Scope (of the Assessment)
National
Countries included within the scope of the assessment
France
Country ISO code(s)
FRA
FR-20R
Does the assessment cover a marine EEZ area(s)?
Not_assigned
Conservation Status
Assessed as
Endangered
Abbreviated status
EN
Qualifying criteria (if given)
B2ab(i,ii,iv,v)
Criteria system used
IUCN

(see Assessment details)

Assessment details
Year assessed
2009
Assessors/contributors/reviewers listed
Assessors: Stéphane Aulagnier, Alain Butet, Jean-François Julien, François Léger, Michèle Lemaire, Sébastien Roué, Laurent Tillon. Evaluators: Patrick Haffner, Florian Kirchner
Criteria system used
IUCN
Reference for methods given
IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp; IUCN (2003) Guidelines for Application of IUCN Criteria at Regional Levels. Version 3.0. IUCN Species Survival Commission, IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
URL (link) of redlist assessment or publication
http://www.nationalredlist.org/App_Files_Uploaded/RedListFranceMammals.pdf
Further information
Endemism (according to assessment)
Endemic to region
Not assigned
Is there a map available in assessment?
Not_assigned
Habitat and systems
Ecological system type
Terrestrial
Not_assigned
Freshwater
Not_assigned
Marine
Not_assigned
Publication
La Liste rouge des espèces menacées en France 2009
UICN France, MNHN, SFEPM & ONCFS (2009). La Liste rouge des espèces menacées en France -Chapitre Mammifères de France métropolitaine. Paris, France.