Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamiliae (6 + 5†): Arvicolinae – Cricetinae – Lophiomyinae – Neotominae – Sigmodontinae – Tylomyinae – †Baranomyinae – †Cricetodontinae – †Democricetodontinae – †Eucricetodontinae – †Eumyinae
Name
Cricetidae Fischer von Waldheim, 1817
References
Additional references
Gomes Rodrigues, H., Marivaux, L. & Vianey-Liaud, M. 2010. Phylogeny and systematic revision of Eocene Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Central and East Asia: on the origin of cricetid rodents. Journal of zoological systematics and evolutionary research 48: 259–268. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00542.x
Panisse, G., Robles, M.D.R., Digiani, M.C., Notarnicola, J., Galliari, C. & Navone, G.T. 2017. Description of the helminth communities of sympatric rodents (Muroidea: Cricetidae) from the Atlantic Forest in northeastern Argentina. Zootaxa 4337(2): 243–262. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.4. Reference page.
Lebedev, V.S., Bannikova, A.A., Neumann, K., Ushakova, M.V., Ivanova, N.A. & Surov, A.V. 2018. Molecular phylogenetics and taxonomy of dwarf hamsters Cricetulus Milne-Edwards, 1867 ( Cricetidae, Rodentia): description of a new genus and reinstatement of another. Zootaxa 4387(2): 331–345. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.2.5 Paywall Reference page.
Links
Cricetidae in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
беларуская: Хамяковыя
Deutsch: Wühler
Nordfriisk: Wretern
հայերեն: Համստերանմաններ
italiano: Cricetidi
日本語: キヌゲネズミ科
македонски: ’Рчковци
ไทย: วงศ์หนูทุ่ง
Türkçe: Hamsterlar
The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, 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.
Characteristics
The cricetids are small mammals, ranging from just 5–8 cm (2.0–3.1 in) in length and 7 g (0.25 oz) in weight in the New World pygmy mouse up to 41–62 cm (16–24 in) and 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) in the muskrat. The length of their tails varies greatly in relation to their bodies, and they may be either furred or sparsely haired. The fur of most species is brownish in colour, often with a white underbelly, but many other patterns exist, especially in the cricetine and arvicoline subfamilies.
Like the Old World mice, cricetids are adapted to a wide range of habitats, from the high Arctic to tropical rainforests and hot deserts. Some are arboreal, with long balancing tails and other adaptations for climbing, while others are semiaquatic, with webbed feet and small external ears. Yet others are burrowing animals, or ground-dwellers.[1]
Their diets are similarly variable, with herbivorous, omnivorous, and insectivorous species all being known. They all have large, gnawing, incisors separated from grinding molar teeth by a gap, or diastema. Although a few exceptions occur, the dental formula for the great majority of cricetids is:
Dentition
1.0.0.3
1.0.0.3
Cricetids' populations can increase rapidly in times of plenty, due to a combination of short gestation periods between 15 and 50 days, and large litter sizes relative to many other mammals. The young are typically born blind, hairless, and helpless.[1]
Evolution and systematics
Roborovski's dwarf hamster (Phodopus roborovskii) of the Cricetinae
The cricetids first evolved in the Old World during the Early Oligocene.[2][3] They soon adapted to a wide range of habitats, and spread throughout the world. The voles and lemmings arose later, during the Pliocene, and rapidly diversified during the Pleistocene.[4]
The circumscription of Cricetidae has gone through several permutations. Some members of the family as currently defined have been placed in the family Muridae. Some muroids have historically been placed in Cricetidae, such as mouse-like hamsters (subfamily Calomyscinae, family Calomyscidae), gerbils (subfamily Gerbillinae, family Muridae), the crested rat (subfamily Lophiomyinae, family Muridae), zokors (subfamily Myospalacinae, family Spalacidae), the white-tailed rat (subfamily Mystromyinae, family Nesomyidae), and spiny dormice (subfamily Platacanthomyinae, family Platacanthomyidae). Multigene DNA sequence studies have shown the subfamilies listed below to form a monophyletic group (that is, they share a common ancestor more recently than with any other group), and other groups now considered muroids should not be included in the Cricetidae.[5]
The cricetids thus currently include one fossil and five extant subfamilies, with about 112 living genera and 580 species:
Arvicolinae — voles, lemmings, muskrat
Cricetinae — hamsters
Democricetodontinae † (fossil)
Neotominae — North American rats and mice, including deer mice, pack rats, and grasshopper mice
Sigmodontinae — New World rats and mice, predominantly South American, such as brucies
Tylomyinae — New World climbing rats and relatives
Eumys † (fossil)
Wilsoneumys † (fossil)
References
Eisenberg et al. (1984)
Agusti, Jordi; Antón, Mauricio (2002). Mammoths, Sabretooths, and Hominids. Columbia University Press. p. 80. ISBN 0-231-11640-3.
Freudenthal, M. (1996). "The Early Oligocene rodent fauna of Olalla 4A (Teruel, Spain)". Scripta Geologica. 112: 1–67.
Savage & Long (1986): 122–124
Michaux et al. (2001), Jansa & Weksler (2004), Norris et al. (2004), Steppan et al. (2004)
Eisenberg, J.F.; Feaver, J. & Krebs, C.J. (1984): Cricetidae. In: Macdonald, D. (ed.): The Encyclopedia of Mammals: 640–655, 672–673. Facts on File, New York. ISBN 0-87196-871-1
Jansa S.A., Weksler M. (2004). "Phylogeny of muroid rodents: relationships within and among major lineages as determined by IRBP gene sequences" (PDF). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 31 (1): 256–276. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.07.002. PMID 15019624. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-20.
Michaux Johan, Reyes Aurelio, Catzeflis François (2001). "Evolutionary history of the most speciose mammals: molecular phylogeny of muroid rodents". Mol. Biol. Evol. 18 (11): 2017–2031. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a003743. PMID 11606698.
Norris R.W., Zhou K.Y., Zhou C.Q., Yang G., Kilpatrick C.W., Honeycutt R.L. (2004). "The phylogenetic position of the zokors (Myospalacinae) and comments on the families of muroids (Rodentia)". Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 31 (3): 972–978. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2003.10.020. PMID 15120394.
Savage, R.J.G. & Long, M.R. (1986): Mammal Evolution: an illustrated guide. Facts on File, New York. ISBN 0-8160-1194-X
Steppan S.J., Adkins R.A., Anderson J. (2004). "Phylogeny and divergence date estimates of rapid radiations in muroid rodents based on multiple nuclear genes". Systematic Biology. 53 (4): 533–553. doi:10.1080/10635150490468701. PMID 15371245.
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