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GENUS Cricetulus

Author:Milne-Edwards, 1867.
Citation:Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris), 7: 376.
Type Species:Cricetulus griseus Milne-Edwards, 1867 (= Mus barabensis Pallas, 1773).
Comments:See comments under subfamily. Genus documented from the late Miocene of Europe and early Pliocene of Asia (McKenna and Bell, 1997).
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Offspring:

SPECIES alticola

SPECIES barabensis

SPECIES kamensis

SPECIES longicaudatus

SPECIES migratorius

SPECIES sokolovi

Synonyms:

    Allocricetus Schaub, 1930
    Cricetinus Zdansky, 1928
    Moldavimus Samson and Radulesco, 1973
    Urocricetus Satunin, 1903

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