Family

Cricetidae (Hamsters, voles, lemmings, and allies)

Neotoma fuscipes. Photo: Peterson B Moose, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)

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The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice. At almost 608 species, it is the second-largest family of mammals, and has members throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Mammalia (Mammals)
        Subclass: Theria (Therians)
        Infraclass: Placentalia (Placental mammals)
        Superorder: Euarchontoglires (Primates, rodents, and allies)
        Order: Rodentia (Rodents)
        Suborder: Myomorpha (Mice, rats, and hamsters)
        Superfamily: Muroidea (Muroids)
        Family: Cricetidae (Hamsters, voles, lemmings, and allies)
        Subfamily: Arvicolinae (Voles, lemmings, and muskrats) (4)
        Subfamily: Neotominae (North american mice and rats) (6)

Subtaxa

Subfamily: Arvicolinae (Voles, lemmings, and muskrats)

Subfamily: Neotominae (North american mice and rats)

Family

Cricetidae (Hamsters, voles, lemmings, and allies)

Subtaxa

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