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Timoshenkov, V. A. 2020. Findings of the common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Novitates Theriologicae, 11: 119–124.
http://doi.org/10.53452/nt1119

title

Findings of the common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

author(s)

Volodymyr Timoshenkov (National Nature Park Gomilshansky Forests, Zadonetske)
orcid: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3374-5917

abstract

The article considers the change in the state of the common hamster from a widespread to a rare species in Ukraine. In 1994, it was listed in the Red Book of Ukraine. The most significant changes in the status of hamsters in the last 100 years in Kharkiv Oblast had occurred in 1982 to 2006. Isolated finds of this species in 2020 show its presence. Two actual finds from one location near Kharkiv are described. The species was found in areas not involved in intensive agricultural production. The population decline and range contraction can be explained by excessive ploughing of agricultural lands. This reduces the prospects of the species' survival.

language

Ukrainian, with English summary

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date

online: 28.08.2020 print: 31.12.2020