📸 PhotoPhoto: Goldfuss, Georg August; Schreber, Johann Christian Daniel; Wagner, Andreas Johann · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons Source
Striped Lesser Hamster
Cricetulus barabensis (Striped Lesser Hamster · Striped Lesser Hamster)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its maximum weight of 60 g is similar to the weight of one chicken egg (Comparison).
- 💡 Living in farmland and along riverbanks, it sometimes enters human homes.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Striped Lesser Hamster is a small hamster living in dry grasslands and farmland of northern Asia.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its tail is short, measuring about 30% of its head-and-body length.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds on grains, beans, leaves, and insects.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is listed as 'Bidanteol-deungjuljwi' (Korean name) on the National List of Species of Korea (National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR)).
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2016) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/5524/115072992
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1002204
- • iucnredlist.org — 115072992
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000053457 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000053457
- • wikidata.org — Q1052072
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur, mit Besch
- • doi.org — zenodo.6706485
- • species.nibr.go.kr — general-search
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Edwin Price · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Oligoryzomys nigripes)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.