Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative spelling: Cricetinae
Synonym: Cricetodontidae Schaub 1925
Parent taxon: Rodentia according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Becker et al. 2010, D'Elía 2003, Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2010, Johnson 1966, Korth 2011, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lindsay 2017, Lofgren et al. 2020, López-Antoñanzas et al. 2019, McKenna and Bell 1997, Schaub 1925, Seymour 2004, Steppan et al. 2004, Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014, Wilson and Reeder 2005 and Wood 1958
Sister taxa: Alagomyidae, Allactagidae, Allomyidae, Anomalomyidae, Anomaluroidea, Aplodontoidea, Archetypomyidae, Callodontomys, Castorimorpha, Cavina, Cercolabidae, Conilurus, Ctenohystrica, Cylindrodontidae, Dolosimus, Downsimys, Echinomyidae, Ectropomys, Entoptychidae, Epeiromys, Eryomyidae, Eryomyina, Florentiamyidae, Gliroidea, Homocentrus, Hystricognatha, Ischyromyidae, Ischyromyiformes, Ivanantonia, Megacricetodontidae, Muriformia, Mylagaulidae, Myodonta, Myomorpha, Pairomys, Paramyidae, Petauristidae, Pipestoneomyidae, Protrogomorpha, Pseudomys, Quercymys, Remyidae, Sciurognathi, Sciuroidea, Sciuromorpha, Siphneidae, Taeniodus, Theridomyoidea, Yuomyidae, Zamoramys, Zelomyidae
Subtaxa: Abelmoschomys Aktaumys Allocricetus Allospalax Alticola Anatolomys Andinomys Antecalomys Aralocricetodon Aratomys Argyromys Arvicolinae Baiomys Baranomys Basirepomys Bensonomys Blancomys Chardinomys Chinchillula Cimarronomys Copemys Cricetinae Cricetodontinae Cricetopinae Democricetodontinae Desmodillus Dolomys Ellobius Eocricetodon Eoeumys Eolagurus Eucricetodontinae Eumyarioninae Eumys Galushamys Ganocricetodon Geringia Germanomys Gnomomys Goniodontomys Guildayomys Hesperomyini Hibbardomys Hodomys Ischymomys Isthmomys Jacobsomys Kanisamys Kislangia Lagurodon Lagurus Lartetomys Laugaritiomys Leakeymys Leidymys Lemmiscus Leukaristomys Loupomys Melissiodontinae Microcricetus Microtinae Microtocricetus Microtodon Microtoscoptes Mictomys Mirrabella Myocricetodon Nannocricetus Nelsonia Neofiber Neotoma Neotominae Neotomini Notocricetodon Ochrotomys Ogmodontomys Onychomys Paciculus Palasiomys Pappocricetodontinae Paracricetodontinae Paracricetulus Paramicrotoscoptes Paratarsomys Paronychomys Peromyscus Plesiocricetodon Plioctomys Pliolemmus Pliomys Pliotomodon Poamys Podomys Postcopemys Primoprismus Primus Promimomys Propliomys Prosomys Prospalax Protatera Prototomys Pseudocricetodontinae Pseudocricetops Pseudomyscus Pterospalax Punomys Raricricetodontinae Reithrodontomys Repomys Rhinocricetus Rhizospalax Scottimus Sigmodontinae Sigmodontini Sinocricetus Stachomys Synaptomys Trilophomys Tylomyinae Ungaromys Vallaris Willeumys Wilsoneumys Yatkolamys Zhungaromys Zramys Zygodontomys
Type: Allospalax
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore