Cricetidae

Microtus arvalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamiliae (6 + 4†): Arvicolinae – Cricetinae – Lophiomyinae – Neotominae – Sigmodontinae – Tylomyinae – †Baranomyinae – †Cricetodontinae – †Democricetodontinae – †Eumyinae

Overview of genera ()

[Source: [Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist], no record (included in Muridae)] Nothocricetulus – Add (1†): Cordimus

Name

• Cricetidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817

References

• Panisse, G., Robles, M.D.R., Digiani, M.C., Notarnicola, J., Galliari, C. & Navone, G.T. 2017. Description of the helminth communities of sympatric rodents (Muroidea: Cricetidae) from the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Argentina. Zootaxa 4337(2): 243–262. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.4. Reference page. 
• Gomes Rodrigues, H.; Marivaux, L.; Vianey-Liaud, M. 2010: Phylogeny and systematic revision of Eocene Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Central and East Asia: on the origin of cricetid rodents. Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research, 48: 259–268. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00542.x
• Lebedev, V.S., Bannikova, A.A., Neumann, K., Ushakova, M.V., Ivanova, N.A. & Surov, A.V. 2018. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of dwarf hamsters Cricetulus Milne-Edwards, 1867 (Cricetidae, Rodentia): description of a new genus and reinstatement of another. Zootaxa 4387(2): 331–345. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.5 Reference page. 

Links

• Cricetidae in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.

Vernacular names

беларуская: Хамяковыя
Deutsch: Wühler
Nordfriisk: Wretern
հայերեն: Համստերանմաններ
italiano: Cricetidi
日本語: キヌゲネズミ科
македонски: ’Рчковци
ไทย: วงศ์หนูทุ่ง
Türkçe: Hamsterlar

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