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 |
|---|---|---|
| Highland Grass MouseAkodon aerosus Thomas, 1913 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mongolian HamsterAllocricetulus curtatus (G. M. Allen, 1925) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eversmann's HamsterAllocricetulus eversmanni (Brandt, 1859) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) albicaudus (True, 1894) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Silver Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) argentatus (Severtzov, 1879) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gobi Altai Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) barakshin Bannikov, 1947 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Central Kashmir VoleAlticola (Alticola) montosa (True, 1894) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Royle's High Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) roylei (Gray, 1842) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mongolian Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) semicanus (G. M. Allen, 1924) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stoliczka's High Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) stoliczkanus (Blanford, 1875) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tuva Mountain VoleAlticola (Alticola) tuvinicus Ognev, 1950 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lemming Mountain VoleAlticola (Aschizomys) lemminus (Miller, 1898) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large-eared Mountain VoleAlticola (Aschizomys) macrotis (Radde, 1862) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lake Baikal Mountain VoleAlticola (Aschizomys) olchonensis Litvinov, 1960 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Flat-headed VoleAlticola (Platycranius) strelzowi (Kastschenko, 1899) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Roig's PericoteAndalgalomys roigi Mares & Braun, 1996 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean MouseAndinomys edax Thomas, 1902 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecuador fish-eating ratAnotomys leander Thomas, 1906 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sonoma Tree VoleArborimus pomo Johnson & George, 1991 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurasian Water VoleArvicola amphibius (Linnaeus, 1758) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Montane Water VoleArvicola scherman (Shaw, 1801) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bolivian PericoteAuliscomys boliviensis (Waterhouse, 1846) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean Big-eared MouseAuliscomys sublimis (Thomas, 1900) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Pygmy MouseBaiomys musculus (Merriam, 1892) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Pygmy MouseBaiomys taylori (Thomas, 1887) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chaco Crimson-nosed RatBibimys chacoensis (Shamel, 1931) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blarinine AkodontBlarinomys breviceps (Winge, 1887) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-bellied AkodontBrucepattersonius griserufescens Hershkovitz, 1998 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guaraní AkodontBrucepattersonius guarani Mares & Braun, 2000 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-bellied AkodontBrucepattersonius igniventris Hershkovitz, 1998 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Misiones AkodontBrucepattersonius misionensis Mares & Braun, 2000 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arroyo of Paradise AkodontBrucepattersonius paradisus Mares & Braun, 2000 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Soricine AkodontBrucepattersonius soricinus Hershkovitz, 1998 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Calassomys apicalis Pardiñas, Lessa, Teta, Salazar-Bravo & Câmara, 2014 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crafty Vesper MouseCalomys callidus (Thomas, 1916) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Calomys cerqueirai Bonvicino, Oliveira & Gentile, 2010 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Caatinga LauchaCalomys expulsus (Lund, 1841) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean Vesper MouseCalomys lepidus (Thomas, 1884) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Drylands LauchaCalomys musculinus (Thomas, 1913) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peruvian LauchaCalomys sorellus (Thomas, 1900) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Delicate LauchaCalomys tener (Winge, 1888) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gansu HamsterCansumys canus G. M. Allen, 1928 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Maracaju OryzomysCerradomys maracajuensis (Langguth & Bonvicino, 2002) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Marinho's OryzomysCerradomys marinhus (Bonvicino, 2003) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cerradomys vivoi Percequillo, Hingst-Zaher & Bonvicino, 2008 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Magellanic Long-clawed AkodontChelemys delfini (Cabrera, 1905) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean Long-clawed AkodontChelemys macronyx (Thomas, 1894) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large Long-clawed AkodontChelemys megalonyx (Waterhouse, 1845) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Las Cajas IchthyomyineChibchanomys orcesi Jenkins & Barnett, 1997 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chibchan IchthyomyineChibchanomys trichotis (Thomas, 1897) | 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.