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family

Cricetidae J. Fischer, 1817

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  suborder Myomorpha

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Allocricetulus eversmanni - Eversmann's Hamster

Allocricetulus eversmanni - Eversmann's Hamster

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Functions restricted to taxon Cricetidae

Included taxa

Number of records: 9

subfamily Arvicolinae - voles
subfamily Cricetinae - hamsters
subfamily Neotominae Merriam, 1894
subfamily Sigmodontinae - New World Mice
subfamily Tylomyinae Reig, 1984

Fossil taxa

subfamily Democricetodontinae Mein & Freudenthal, 1971
genus Copemys Wood, 1936
genus Eumys Leidy, 1856
genus Wilsoneumys Martin, 1980

Links and literature

CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Cricetidae]

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Explanations

extinct taxon