Order Rodentia (Part 3) Author James H. Honacki Author Kenneth E. Kinman Author James W. Koeppl text 1982 Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections Lawrence, Kansas, USA Editor James H. Honacki Editor Kenneth E. Kinman Editor James W. Koeppl Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition) 392 476 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353031 f291a924-691f-4f06-bc89-3dc2421c2bed 0-89327-235-3 7353031 Mesocricetus brandti (Nehring, 1898) . Zool. Anz., 21:331 . TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R ., Georgia, near Tbilisi . DISTRIBUTION: N. Transcaucasia ( U.S. S.R.); Kurdistan; possibly Lebanon , and Israel ; see comment under auratus . COMMENT: Zilfian et al., 1975, [Abstr. Symp. Syst. and Cytogenet. Mamm.], Moscow , p. 18- 19, considered brandti distinct from auratus ; this had been considered possible by Corbet, 1978:92, Todd et al., 1972, J. Hered., 63:73-77, and others.