CRICETIDAE, Fischer, 1817

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6707142
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6706426
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F06D13-FFAE-2067-0C4F-162D002FFA15
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	CRICETIDAE
status

Family CRICETIDAE View in CoL (TRUE HAMSTERS, VOLES, LEMMINGS AND NEW WORLD RATS AND MICE)

• Very small to medium-large rodents, rarely large, mostly with generalized cursorial body plans and typically not sexually dimorphic.

• 10-70 cm. View Figure

• Holarctic and Neotropical regions, marginally into Indo-Malayan Region. View Figure

• Virtually all terrestrial and some aquatic habitats.

• 142 genera, 765 species, at least 1505 extant taxa.

• 20 species Critically Endangered, 32 species Endangered, 40 species Vulnerable; 15 species Extinct since 1600.