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Cricetini

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Cricetini was named by Simpson (1945).

It was assigned to Cricetinae by Baskin (1978), Vasileiadou and Koufos (2005).

Subtaxa
Cricetus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Cricetini Simpson
1978Cricetini Baskin p. 133
2005Cricetini Vasileiadou and Koufos p. 212

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyCricetinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeCricetiniSimpson 1945
tribeCricetiniSimpson 1945

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Tr. †Cricetini Simpson 1945
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G. Cricetus Leske 1779
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†Cricetus barrieri Mein and Michaux 1970
Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus 1758 [European hamster]
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Invalid names: Cricetus germanicus Kerr 1792 [synonym]
†Cricetus kormosi Schaub 1930
†Cricetus lophidens de Bruijn et al. 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available