family cricetidae meaning

Noun: family Cricetidae

1. Mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters
   - Cricetidae

Type of: mammal family

Part of: Myomorpha, suborder Myomorpha

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1. The Turkish hamster is a rare species, but is the most widespread of the family Cricetidae.
2. Oryzomyini in turn is part of the subfamily Sigmodontinae of family Cricetidae, along with hundreds of other species of mainly small rodents.
3. It is one of several subfamilies recognized in the family Cricetidae, which includes many more species, mainly from Eurasia and North America.
4. Imaizumi's Red-backed Vole " "'Myodes imaizumii " is a species of vole in the family Cricetidae.
5. Restricted to the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, it is a member of the genus " Oryzomys " of family Cricetidae.