Tscherskia Ognev, 1914 . Moskva Dnev. Zool. otd. obsc. liub. jest., 2: 102.

TYPE SPECIES: Tscherskia albipes Ognev, 1914 (= Cricetulus triton de Winton, 1899).

SYNONYMS: Asiocricetus .

COMMENTS: See comments under subfamily. The genus is considered to be monotypic, but Storch (1974) described T. rusa from Holocene subfossils found in Iran.