Order Rodentia - Family Muridae Author Guy G. Musser Author Michael D. Carleton text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 501 755 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353098 1-56098-217-9 7353098 Mesocricetus raddei (Nehring, 1894) . Zool. Anz., 18:148 . TYPE LOCALITY: Russia , N Caucasus, Daghestan , Samur River . DISTRIBUTION: Russia , steppes along N slopes of Caucasus to Don River and Sea of Azov ( Corbet, 1978c ). SYNONYMS: avaricus, nigricans (Brandt, 1832, not Lacépède, 1799), nigriculus . COMMENTS: Recognized as a species by Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987) .