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Mesocricetus

Taxonomy
Scientific Name
Mesocricetus
Rank
genus
Domain
Eukaryota
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Cricetidae
Dates
  • Create:
    2021-11-01
  • Modify:
    2025-01-29
Description
Please note that currently there is no data available in PubChem associated with the organism Mesocricetus. However, annotations from external sources are available.
A genus in the order Rodentia and family Cricetidae. One species, Mesocricetus auratus or golden hamster is widely used in biomedical research.
Any member of four genera of the rodent family Cricetidae; short-tailed Old World burrowing rodents with large cheek pouches.

1 Names and Identifiers

1.1 Synonyms

Mesocricetus
Golden Hamsters

1.1.1 MeSH Entry Terms

  • Hamsters, Golden
  • Hamsters, Golden Syrian
  • Hamsters, Syrian
  • Mesocricetus auratus
  • Syrian Golden Hamster
  • Syrian Hamster

1.2 Other Identifiers

1.2.1 NCBI Taxonomy ID

1.2.2 MeSH ID

1.2.3 NCI Thesaurus Code

1.2.4 EOL Page ID

1.2.5 ITIS Serial Number

1.2.6 COL ID

1.2.7 Wikidata

3 Literature

3.1 NLM Curated PubMed Citations

4 Classification

4.1 NCBI Taxonomy

4.2 MeSH Tree

4.3 NCI Thesaurus Tree

4.4 Integrated Taxonomic Information System

4.5 Catalogue of Life

5 Information Sources

  1. NCBI Taxonomy
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  3. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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