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Taxon:
Subfamily
Cricetinae
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
- hamsters
(mammal)
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Entity:
Cricetidae (Family)
..Aegialomys (Genus)
..Arvicolinae (Subfamily) - voles
..Caryomys (Genus)
..Cerradomys (Genus)
..Eremoryzomys (Genus)
..Euryoryzomys (Genus)
..Hylaeamys (Genus)
..Lophiomyinae (Subfamily)
..Mindomys (Genus)
..Neotominae (Subfamily)
..Nephelomys (Genus)
..Oreoryzomys (Genus)
..Pennatomys (Genus)
..Sigmodontinae (Subfamily)
..Sooretamys (Genus)
..Transandinomys (Genus)
..Tylomyinae (Subfamily)
..Cricetinae (Subfamily) - hamsters
....Allocricetulus (Genus)
....†Amblycricetus (Genus)
....Cansumys (Genus)
....†Chuanocricetus (Genus)
....†Collimys (Genus)
....Cricetulus (Genus) - dwarf hamsters
....Cricetus (Genus) - common hamster
....†Hattomys (Genus)
....†Hypsocricetus (Genus)
....†Ischymomys (Genus)
....†Karstocricetus (Genus)
....†Kowalskia (Genus)
....Mesocricetus (Genus) - golden hamsters
....†Microtocricetus (Genus)
....†Nannocricetus (Genus)
....†Pannonicola (Genus)
....†Paracricetulus (Genus)
....Phodopus (Genus) - small desert hamsters
....†Rhinocricetus (Genus)
....†Rotundomys (Genus)
....†Sinocricetus (Genus)
....Tscherskia (Genus)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Fischer de Waldheim, 1817) Murray, 1866
Original name
:
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817:372.
Subsequent rank
:
1866. Murray, 1866
: 358.
Types
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Cricetini
(Tribe)
Fischer, 1817
Type
:
Cricetus
(Genus)
Leske, 1779
Variants
Former rank
:
Cricetidae
(Family)
Fischer, 1817
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 149.
Former rank
:
Cricetini
(Tribe)
Fischer, 1817
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 149.
Synonyms
Including
:
†
Microtocricetini
(Tribe)
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 150.
[inferred]
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
hamsters
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
hamsters
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28 Aug 2026