THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Cricetidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Goodwin's Water MouseRheomys mexicanus Goodwin, 1959 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Goldman's IchthyomyineRheomys raptor Goldman, 1912 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas' IchthyomyineRheomys thomasi Dickey, 1928 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Underwood's IchthyomyineRheomys underwoodi Thomas, 1906 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Andean RhipidomysRhipidomys austrinus Thomas, 1921 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cauca Climbing MouseRhipidomys caucensis J. A. Allen, 1913 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coues' RhipidomysRhipidomys couesi (J. A. Allen & Chapman, 1893) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Amazon RhipidomysRhipidomys emiliae (J. A. Allen, 1916) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-bellied Climbing MouseRhipidomys fulviventer Thomas, 1896 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gardner's RhipidomysRhipidomys gardneri Patton, da Silva & Malcolm, 2000 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Broad-footed Climbing MouseRhipidomys latimanus (Tomes, 1860) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-footed Climbing MouseRhipidomys leucodactylus (Tschudi, 1845) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| MacConnell's Climbing MouseRhipidomys macconnelli de Winton, 1900 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed RhipidomysRhipidomys macrurus (Gervais, 1855) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Atlantic Forest RhipidomysRhipidomys mastacalis (Lund, 1840) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peruvian RhipidomysRhipidomys modicus Thomas, 1926 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guianan RhipidomysRhipidomys nitela Thomas, 1901 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-bellied RhipidomysRhipidomys ochrogaster J. A. Allen, 1901 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Venezuelan Climbing MouseRhipidomys venezuelae Thomas, 1896 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Charming Climbing MouseRhipidomys venustus Thomas, 1900 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Argentine Swamp RatScapteromys aquaticus Thomas, 1920 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plateau Swamp RatScapteromys meridionalis Quintela, Gonçalves, Althoff, Sbalqueiro, Oliveira & Freitas, 2014 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-nosed ScolomysScolomys melanops Anthony, 1924 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-nosed ScolomysScolomys ucayalensis Pacheco, 1991 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Alston's Brown MouseScotinomys teguina (Alston, 1877) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chiriqui brown mouseScotinomys xerampelinus (Bangs, 1902) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allen's Cotton RatSigmodon (Sigmodon) alleni Bailey, 1902 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tawny-bellied Cotton RatSigmodon (Sigmodon) fulviventer J. A. Allen, 1889 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Cotton RatSigmodon (Sigmodon) hirsutus (Burmeister, 1854) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hispid Cotton RatSigmodon (Sigmodon) hispidus Say & Ord, 1825 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecuadorian Cotton RatSigmodon (Sigmodon) inopinatus Anthony, 1924 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-eared Cotton RatSigmodon (Sigmodon) leucotis Bailey, 1902 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peruvian Cotton RatSigmodon (Sigmodon) peruanus J. A. Allen, 1897 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Miahuatlán Cotton RatSigmodon (Sigmodon) planifrons Nelson & Goldman, 1933 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Toltec Cotton RatSigmodon (Sigmodon) toltecus (Saussure, 1860) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Alfaro's Rice Water RatSigmodontomys alfari J. A. Allen, 1897 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Harris's Rice Water RatSigmodontomys aphrastus (Harris, 1932) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Angouya OryzomysSooretamys angouya (Fischer, 1814) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Bog LemmingSynaptomys (Mictomys) borealis (Richardson, 1828) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Primordial TapecuaTapecomys primus S. Anderson & Yates, 2000 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cerrado AkodontThalpomys cerradensis Hershkovitz, 1990 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hairy-eared AkodontThalpomys lasiotis Thomas, 1916 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Apeco ThomasomysThomasomys apeco Leo L. & Gardner, 1993 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden Oldfield MouseThomasomys aureus (Tomes, 1860) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Beady-eyed MouseThomasomys baeops (Thomas, 1899) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silky Oldfield MouseThomasomys bombycinus Anthony, 1925 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tipped ThomasomysThomasomys caudivarius Anthony, 1923 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ashy-bellied Oldfield MouseThomasomys cinereiventer J. A. Allen, 1912 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ash-colored Oldfield MouseThomasomys cinereus (Thomas, 1882) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinnamon-colored ThomasomysThomasomys cinnameus Anthony, 1924 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.