Cricetidae, Fischer, 1817

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 171

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4572040

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A0BE3B-64A0-FF15-FF4F-FF0EFA5A555C

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Plazi

scientific name

Cricetidae
status

 

Key to genera of Cricetidae View in CoL View at ENA in Korea

1 Two lines of cusps on upper cheek teeth; length upper molar row <20% basal length skull............................ 2

- Upper cheek teeth even (crown series with connected prisms); length upper molar row>20% basal length skull........... 3

2 Dorsal pelage stripe absent; tail 50% of head-body length; head-body length> 150 mm ...................... Tscherskia

- Narrow dark dorsal pelage stripe present; tail 30% of head-body length; head-body length <130 mm ............. Cricetulus

3 Head-body length> 260 mm; tail vertically flattened.................................................... Ondatra

- Head-body length <200 mm; tail cylindrical................................................................ 4

4 Posterior edge hard palate pointed, reaches middle of third molar; molar unrooted in adult............................ 5

- Posterior edge hard palate blunt, reaches back of the third molar; molar rooted in adult............................... 6

5 Last cheek tooth has 3 ridges lingual side........................................................ Lasiopodomys

- Last cheek tooth has> 4 ridges lingual side........................................................... Microtus

6 Greatest length of skull <25mm; ridges absence on frontal bone; tail clearly bi-color........................... Myodes View in CoL

- Greatest length of skull> 25mm; frontal bone has 2 ridges from parietal toward to nasal bone; tail dully bi-color.. Craseomys View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Cricetidae

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