greater long-tailed hamster
{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Greater long-tailed hamster
| image = Tscherskia triton.jpg
| fossil_range = Late Pliocene to Recent
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Tscherskia
| parent_authority = Ognev, 1914
| species = triton
| authority = (de Winton, 1899){{Cite journal |last=de Winton |first=W. E. |last2=Styan |first2=F. W. |date=1899 |title=On Chinese Mammals, principally from Western Sechuen |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30951618 |journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=572-578 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1899.tb06875.x |issn=0370-2774}}
}}
The greater long-tailed hamster (Tscherskia triton) is a rodent native to Siberia, the Korean Peninsula, and China. It is the only member of the genus Tscherskia.
Taxonomy
The genetic diversity of Tscherskia triton has a positive correlation to population density when using microsatellite markers.
Conservation
Climate change and human activity have had an influence on the genetic variation of this species.{{Cite journal|last1=Dong|first1=Jingping|last2=Li|first2=Chuanhai|last3=Zhang|first3=Zhibin|date=2010|title=Density-Dependent Genetic Variation in Dynamic Populations of the Greater Long-Tailed Hamster (Tscherskia triton)|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|volume=91|issue=1|pages=200–207|doi=10.1644/09-MAMM-A-098R1.1|jstor=27755187|s2cid=85773525|issn=0022-2372|doi-access=free}}
Behavior
Male greater long-tailed hamsters exhibit high aggression during both the breeding and non-breeding seasons. Female greater long-tailed hamsters mainly show aggression during the non-breeding season.{{Cite journal|last1=Wang|first1=D|last2=Zhang|first2=J|last3=Wang|first3=Z|last4=Zhang|first4=Z|date=2006-10-30|title=Seasonal changes in chronic social interactions and physiological states in female rat-like hamsters (Tscheskia triton)|url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031938406002952|journal=Physiology & Behavior|language=en|volume=89|issue=3|pages=420–427|doi=10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.07.006|pmid=16914175|s2cid=35323511|url-access=subscription}}
References
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Category:Mammals described in 1899
Category:Taxa named by William Edward de Winton
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