The Romanian hamster occurs along the Danube in northern Romania and Bulgaria. In examined animals, researchers recorded a grayish back, a dark line from the ears to the shoulders, and black stripes on the cheek pouches. It is active around dusk and at night, storing seeds and fruit in its burrow.
The animals examined in a comparative study had a grayish back and a yellowish muzzle. A dark line ran from the ears to the shoulders, and black stripes on the cheek pouches were conspicuous. The belly was yellowish in some and grayer in others.
It lives alone and is active around dusk and at night. It stores seeds and fruit in its burrow and hibernates intermittently during the cold season.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.