Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to R. A. Martin et al. 2023
See also Barbière et al. 2019, D'Elía 2003, Deschamps 2005, Hay 1902, Kelly 2007, Korth 2011, Packer and Lee 2007, Steppan et al. 2004 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Aktaumys, Allocricetus, Allospalax, Alticola, Anatolomys, Andinomys, Aralocricetodon, Aratomys, Argyromys, Arvicolinae, Baranomyinae, 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, Neondatra, Neotominae, Palasiomys, Pappocricetodontinae, Paracricetodontinae, Paracricetulus, Paratarsomys, Plesiocricetodon, Plioctomys, Pliomys, Pliopotamys, Poamys, Primoprismus, Primus, Propliomys, Prosomys, Prospalax, Protatera, Prototomys, Pseudocricetodontinae, Pseudocricetops, Pterospalax, Punomys, Raricricetodontinae, Rhinocricetus, Rhizospalax, Sinocricetus, Stachomys, Synaptomys, Trilophomys, Tylomyinae, Ungaromys, Vallaris, Willeumys, Zhungaromys, Zramys, Zygodontomys, Notocricetodon
Subtaxa: Abrothrix Chelemys Cordimus Delomys Euneomys Geoxus Handleyomys Holochilus Honeymys Ichthyomyini Ichthyurodon Irenomys Juliomys Lundomys Melanomys Microryzomys Nectomys Noronhomys Oligoryzomys Oryzomyalia Oryzomyini Panchomys Phyllotini Pseudoryzomys Rhipidomys Scolomys Sigmodontini Thomasomys Wiedomyini Wilfredomys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore