Campbell's dwarf hamster

Weight

23.4 g – 42.4 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

3.18 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Granivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

3.91 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

grasslandsrc for Habitat

Gestation

20 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

5.48src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

3.88 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

3.5src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The campbell's dwarf hamster is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familyCricetidae
6. genusPhodopus
7. SpeciesPhodopus campbelli (Thomas, 1905)

Synonyms Cricetiscus campbelli, Cricetulus campbelli, Phodopus crepidatus, Phodopus sungorus campbelli, Phodopus sungorus tuvinicus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Winter white dwarf hamster

Phodopus sungorus

Cricetidae

LC, Least Concern

Roborovski dwarf hamster

Phodopus roborovskii

Cricetidae

CompareCampbell's dwarf hamster vs Winter white dwarf hamsterCampbell's dwarf hamster vs Roborovski dwarf hamster

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@misc{campbells_dwarf_hamster_2026,
  title = {Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/campbells-dwarf-hamster},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}