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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Cricetus
Leske, 1779
- common hamster
(mammal)
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Entity:
Cricetinae (Subfamily) - hamsters
..Allocricetulus (Genus)
..†Amblycricetus (Genus)
..Cansumys (Genus)
..†Chuanocricetus (Genus)
..†Collimys (Genus)
..Cricetulus (Genus) - dwarf hamsters
..†Hattomys (Genus)
..†Hypsocricetus (Genus)
..†Ischymomys (Genus)
..†Karstocricetus (Genus)
..†Kowalskia (Genus)
..Mesocricetus (Genus) - golden hamsters
..†Microtocricetus (Genus)
..†Nannocricetus (Genus)
..†Pannonicola (Genus)
..†Paracricetulus (Genus)
..Phodopus (Genus) - small desert hamsters
..†Rhinocricetus (Genus)
..†Rotundomys (Genus)
..†Sinocricetus (Genus)
..Tscherskia (Genus)
..Cricetus (Genus) - common hamster
....Cricetus cricetus (Species) - common hamster
Authorship
Original name
:
Leske, 1779:168.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Etymology
Derived name
:
Cricetibacter
(Genus)
Christensen
et al.
2014
Ref:
LPSN, 2020-present
: [11 May 2026].
Types
Type of
:
Cricetinae
(Subfamily)
Fischer de Waldheim, 1817
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Cricetus cricetus
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Variants
Incorrect authorship
:
Cricetus
(Genus)
R. Kerr, 1792, err. bibl.
Incorrect authorship
:
Cricetus
(Genus)
Cuvier, 1817, err. bibl.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
gewone hamsters
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
common hamster
:
black-bellied hamster
:
hamster
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Last updated:
28 Aug 2026