Cricetidae, Fischer, 1817

Amr, Zuhair S., Abu, Mohammad A., Qumsiyeh, Mazin & Eid, Ehab, 2018, Systematics, distribution and ecological analysis of rodents in Jordan, Zootaxa 4397 (1), pp. 1-94 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4397.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5991725
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scientific name	Cricetidae
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Family Cricetidae View in CoL

Most members of this family have well developed cheek pouches. Tail is usually short and densely covered with hair. One of the most distinctive features of this family is the presence of tuberculated cheekteeth in two longitudinal rows (Wilson & Reeder, 2005).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Specimens

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