Cricetidae

Cricetidae Temporal range: Early Oligocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Superfamily:	Muroidea
Family:	Cricetidae J. Fischer, 1817
Type genus
Cricetus Linnaeus, 1758
Subfamilies
Arvicolinae Cricetinae Neotominae Sigmodontinae Tylomyinae and see below

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 over 870 species, it is the either the largest or second-largest family of mammals, and has members throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.