Cricetidae is a family of rodents in the superfamily Muroidea, encompassing true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and the New World rats and mice. At more than 870 species it ranks among the largest mammal families, with roughly 142 living genera grouped into five living subfamilies, Arvicolinae, Cricetinae, Neotominae, Sigmodontinae and Tylomyinae, found across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The group first evolved in the Old World during the Early Oligocene, with voles and lemmings emerging later and diversifying rapidly through the Pliocene and Pleistocene.
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Parent Taxon Of
Source European water vole (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Europe, found in there.
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ193061, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Cricetidae
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The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea.
Wikidata: Cricetidae
Wikidata Q193061, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source European water vole (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: European water vole, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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