| author(s) | Volodymyr O. Novak (Holoskiv Lyceuml, 
                              Holoskiv, Khmelnytsky Oblast)orcid: no
 Volodymyr V. Novak (Bar Humanitarian and Pedagogical 
                              College, Bar, Vinnytsia region)
 orcid: no
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                          | abstract | The research 
                              was carried out in Letychiv Raion of Khmelnytsky 
                              Oblast during 2003–2017. In 2016–2020, the population 
                              of the common hamster was monitored near the village 
                              of Holoskiv. During the research, we recorded 15 
                              hamster encounters and finds of 220 burrows: 15 
                              burrows near the village of Rusanivtsi and 205 burrows 
                              around the village of Holoskiv. 163 burrows were 
                              found directly at the monitoring site. The density 
                              of burrows in gardens ranges from 1.03 bur-rows 
                              / ha to 2.39 burrows / ha, and in large fields — 
                              0.025–0.02 burrows / ha. Most burrows are located 
                              on fields of alfalfa (32.3 %) and winter wheat (25.9 
                              %). | 
                         
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