Cricetus Leske 1779

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1043

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Cricetus Leske 1779 View in CoL

Cricetus Leske 1779 View in CoL , Anfansgr. Naturg., Vol. 1: 168.

Type Species: Mus cricetus Linnaeus 1758

Synonyms: Hamster Lacepède 1799 ; Heliomys Gray 1873 .

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Cricetus cricetus ( Linnaeus 1758)

Discussion: Only one living species, but others are represented by fossils in an evolutionary radiation that dates from the middle Miocene of N Africa and late Miocene of Europe ( McKenna and Bell, 1997).