Cricetids Temporal range: Middle Miocene - Recent | |
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Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus | |
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Family: | Cricetidae J. Fischer, 1817 |
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Arvicolinae |
The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complicated superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice. With almost 600 species, it is the second largest family of mammals, and has animals in it in the New World, Asia, and Europe.
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