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--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Cricetinae
GENUS Cricetus
| Author: | Leske, 1779. | | Citation: | Anfansgr. Naturg., 1: 168. | | Type Species: | Mus cricetus Linnaeus, 1758. | | Comments: | Only one living species, but others are represented by fossils in an evolutionary radiation that dates from the middle Miocene of N Africa and late Miocene of Europe (McKenna and Bell, 1997). |
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| Offspring: SPECIES cricetus | Synonyms:
Hamster Lacepède, 1799
Heliomys Gray, 1873
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