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, Anomalomyidae, Anomaluroidea, Aplodontoidea, Archetypomyidae, Callodontomys, Castorimorpha, Cavina, Cercolabidae, Conilurus, Ctenohystrica, Cylindrodontidae, Dolosimus, Downsimys, Echinomyidae, Ectropomys, Entoptychidae, Epeiromys, Eryomyidae, Eryomyina, 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: Aktaumys Allocricetus Allospalax Alticola Anatolomys Andinomys Aralocricetodon Aratomys Argyromys Arvicolinae Baranomys Blancomys Chardinomys Chinchillula Cimarronomys Cricetinae Cricetodontinae Cricetopinae Democricetodontinae Desmodillus Dolomys Ellobius Eocricetodon Eolagurus Eucricetodontinae Eumyarioninae Eumysops Ganocricetodon Germanomys Gnomomys Guildayomys Hesperomyini Hibbardomys Ischymomys Kanisamys Kislangia Lagurodon Lagurus Lartetomys Laugaritiomys Leakeymys Lemmiscus Leukaristomys Loupomys Melissiodontinae Microcricetus Microtinae Microtocricetus Microtodon Mictomys Mirrabella Myocricetodon Nannocricetus Neofiber Neotominae Notocricetodon Palasiomys Pappocricetodontinae Paracricetodontinae Paracricetulus Paratarsomys Plesiocricetodon Plioctomys Pliolemmus Pliomys Poamys Primoprismus Primus Propliomys Prosomys Prospalax Protatera Prototomys Pseudocricetodontinae Pseudocricetops Pterospalax Punomys Raricricetodontinae Rhinocricetus Rhizospalax Sigmodontinae Sinocricetus Stachomys Synaptomys Trilophomys Tylomyinae Ungaromys Vallaris Willeumys Zhungaromys Zramys Zygodontomys
Type: Allospalax
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore