Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 955 1189 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Allocricetulus eversmanni (Brandt 1859) [Cricetulus] eversmanni Brandt 1859 , Melanges Biol. Acad. St. Petersbourg: 210 . Type Locality: Russia , Orenburg Oblast , near Orenburg . Vernacular Names: Eversmann's Hamster . Synonyms: Allocricetulus beljawi (Argyropulo 1933) ; Allocricetulus belajevi (Selevin 1934) ; Allocricetulus beljaevi (Kuznetzov 1944) ; Allocricetulus microdon (Ognev 1925) ; Allocricetulus pseudocurtatus Vorontsov and Kryukova 1969 . Distribution: Steppes of N Kazakhstan from Volga River to the upper Irtysh River at Zaysan Lake in E Kazakhstan ; also N Xinjiang Prov. , NW China ( Wang, 2003 ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: See Pavlinov and Rossolimo (1987) for allocation of pseudocurtatus .