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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Cricetidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Cricetidae
Recognized by Afghanistan Species List, Egypt Species List, IABIN, Fitzpatrick Institute of Ornithology Virtual Museum, Kissling et al, 2014, Afghanistan Species List, Andorra Species List, Armenia Species List, Austria Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Bailiwick of Jersey Species List, Belarus Species List, Belize Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Brazil Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Croatia Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Denmark Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Estonia Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, French Guiana Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Greenland Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guernsey Species List, Guyana Species List, Honduras Species List, Hungary Species List, Iceland Species List, Iran Species List, Ireland Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Kyrgyzstan Species List, Latvia Species List, Lebanon Species List, Lithuania Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Macedonia Species List, Mongolia Species List, Montenegro Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Nepal Species List, Nicaragua Species List, North Korean Species List, Norway Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palestine Species List, Panama Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Serbia Species List, Slovakia Species List, Slovenia Species List, South Korea Species List, Spain Species List, Suriname Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Syria Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tajikistan Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Turkey Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Uruguay Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Mexico Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Animal Diversity Web, and United States Species List
Cricetidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817
Family recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Alternative Names

? albipes Merriam, 1901
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? alleni Merriam, 1892
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? angustidens Depéret, 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? annectens Brown, 1908
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? anzaensis Zakrzewski, 1972
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? aratai Martin, 1974
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? australis Martin, 1995
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? azarae Fischer, 1829
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? borealis Richardson, 1828
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? boylii Baird, 1855
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? brachygnathus Gidley, 1922
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? brasiliensis Desmarest, 1819
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? brecciensis Forsyth Major, 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? budini Thomas, 1918
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? californica Peale, 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? chrotorrhinus Miller, 1894
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cinereus Ord, 1815
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cloacinum Cope, 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? cumberlandensis van der Meulen, 1978
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? deceitensis Guthrie & Matthews, 1971
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? deeringensis Guthrie & Matthews, 1971
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dentalis Hall, 1930
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? dideltus Cope, 1871
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? diluvianus Cope, 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? eremicus Baird, 1858
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? floridanus Ord, 1818
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gossypinus Le Conte, 1853
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? grangeri Young, 1927
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? guildayi van der Meulen, 1978
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hartenbergeri Freudenthal, 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hiatidens Cope, 1871
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hudsonius Pallas, 1778
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? humulis Audubon & Bachman, 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? hydrobates Winge, 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? idahoensis Wilson, 1933
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? kelloggae Hoffmeister, 1959
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? landesi Hibbard, 1954
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? leptaleos Wang & Meng, 1986
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? leucogaster Wied-Neuwied, 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? leucopus Rafinesque, 1818
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? llanensis Hibbard, 1944
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? longicaudus True, 1890
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? lucentensis Freudenthal et al., 1991
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? martini Hibbard, 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? mcnowni Hibbard, 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? meadensis Hibbard, 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? meadensis Hibbard, 1944
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? mediterraneus Chaline, 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? megalotis Baird, 1858
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? meini Agustí, 1986
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? melanogaster Milne-Edwards, 1871
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? meltoni Paulson, 1961
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? meridionalis Wang & Meng, 1986
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? minimus Gidley, 1922
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? minor Kretzoi, 1955
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? minor Tong, 1997
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? montana Peale, 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? montanus Baird, 1855
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? moorei Hibbard, 1944
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? nasutus Waterhouse, 1837
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? nebrascensis Hollister, 1911
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? nematodon Cope, 1879
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? nuttalli Harlan, 1832
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? oklahomensis Stephens, 1960
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? paroperarius Hibbard, 1944
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? parvus Sinclair, 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pennsylvanicus Ord, 1815
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? plinii Freudenthal et al., 1991
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pliocaenicus Kormos, 1932
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? pliocenicus Wilson, 1937
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? quadriplicatus Hibbard, 1941
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? quasiater Miller, 1896
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? rinkeri Hibbard, 1956
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? rufus Fischer, 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? sabadellensis Hartenberger, 1965
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? spelaeus Gidley & Gazin, 1933
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? speothen Cope, 1871
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? squamipes Brants, 1827
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? taylori Thomas, 1887
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? torridus Coues, 1874
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? trapezius Tong, 1997
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? trichotis Thomas, 1897
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? truei Shufeldt, 1885
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? tumidus Waterhouse, 1837
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? valensis Shotwell, 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vasquezi Jacobs, 1977
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? venezuelae Anthony, 1929
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? vetus Wilson, 1933
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? zhonghtiaensis Tong, 1997
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Abrothrix Thomas 1916
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Allospalax Kretzoi 1971
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Aralomys Argyropulo 1939
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bramus Pomel 1892
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Callimys Agassiz 1846
Proparte synonym according to GBIF classification
Craseomys G. S. Miller 1900
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Cseria Kretzoi 1959
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Drymoreomys Percequillo, Weksler & Costa 2011
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Kislangia Kretzoi 1954
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Laugaritiomys Fejfar 1961
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Leukaristomys Fejfar 1961
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Microcricetus Fahlbusch & Mayr 1975
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Micromys Aymard 1848
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mirrabella Hoek Ostende & Donovan 2007
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Myopus Link 1795
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Myotherium Aymard 1853
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nelsonia Merriam 1897
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neodon Hodgson (1849)
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Nothocricetulus Lebedev, Bannikova, Neumann, Ushakova, Ivanova & Surov 2018
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Palaeocricetus Argyropulo 1938
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paraneotoma Hibbard 1967
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paratarsomys
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Phaiomys Blyth 1863
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Plesiocricetodon Schaub 1934
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Plioctomys Sukhov 1976
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Promimomys Kretzoi 1955
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Propliomys Kretzoi 1959
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudocollimys Daxner-Höck 2004
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pterospalax Kretzoi 1971
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhinocerodon Zazhigan 2004
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhinoceromys Tyutkova 2005
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tregomys Wilson 1968
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Vitocia Kretzoi & Kretzoi 2000
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Willeumys Wahlert 2009
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

cricetids preferred
New World rats and mice, voles, hamsters, and relatives
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web

Arabic

قداديات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Armenian

համստերանմաններ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Azerbaijani

Dağsiçanılar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bashkir

Алйырҙан preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Хамяковыя preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

хомякови preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

cricètids preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

仓鼠科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
倉鼠科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chuvash

Арлан йышшисем preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Czech

křečkovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Hamsterfamilien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Kricetedoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

Hamsterlased preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Wühler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hebrew

אוגריים preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

hörcsögfélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

キヌゲネズミ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and Wikidata Common Names

Kabyle

Timaklasin preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kazakh

Alamantärizdiler preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
Аламантәрізділер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
الامانتارىزدىلەر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Korean

비단털쥐과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

Kāmju dzimta preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Žiurkėniniai preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Macedonian

’рчковци preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

North Frisian

Wretern preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

hamsterfamilien preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Occitan (post 1500)

Cricetids preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

همسترهای دم‌کوتاه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Polish

chomikowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Quechua

Chutuchupa ukucha preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Cricetide preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

Хомяковые preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sakha

Бытаһыттыҥылар кэргэннэрэ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Serbian

Хрчкови preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Swedish

hamsterartade gnagare preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tatar

Әрләнсыманнар preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Thai

วงศ์หนูทุ่ง preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ukrainian

Хом'якові preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Unspecified

tovukoleem preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Western Frisian

Wrotmûseftigen preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

قداديات preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sr Ec

Црицетидае preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vls

Hamsterachtign preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yue

倉鼠科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

仓鼠科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hans

仓鼠科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hant

倉鼠科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Hk

倉鼠科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

倉鼠科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Cricetidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Cricetidae (this page)
49 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Cricetidae (this page)