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 |
|---|---|---|
| Dusky Montane MouseHandleyomys fuscatus (J. A. Allen, 1912) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colombian Rice RatHandleyomys intectus (Thomas, 1921) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allen's WoodratHodomys alleni (Merriam, 1892) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brazilian Marsh RatHolochilus brasiliensis (Desmarest, 1819) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chaco Marsh RatHolochilus chacarius Thomas, 1906 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Holochilus lagigliai Pardiñas, Teta, Voglino & Fernández, 2013 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hylaeamys acritus (Emmons & Patton, 2005) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Atlantic Forest OryzomysHylaeamys laticeps (Lund, 1840) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Azara's Broad-headed OryzomysHylaeamys megacephalus (Fischer, 1814) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sowbug Rice RatHylaeamys oniscus (Thomas, 1904) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Amazonian OryzomysHylaeamys perenensis (J. A. Allen, 1901) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tate's OryzomysHylaeamys tatei (Musser, Carleton, Brothers & Gardner, 1998) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amazonian OryzomysHylaeamys yunganus (Thomas, 1902) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Subalpine Kashmir VoleHyperacrius fertilis (True, 1894) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Conifer Kashmir VoleHyperacrius wynnei (Blanford, 1881) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crab-eating RatIchthyomys hydrobates (Winge, 1891) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pittier's Crab-eating RatIchthyomys pittieri Handley & Mondolfi, 1963 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stolzmann's Crab-eating RatIchthyomys stolzmanni Thomas, 1893 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chilean climbing mouseIrenomys tarsalis (Philippi, 1900) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow DeermouseIsthmomys flavidus (Bangs, 1902) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mount Pirri DeermouseIsthmomys pirrensis (Goldman, 1912) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Juliomys ossitenuis Costa, Pavan, Leite & Fagundes, 2007 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Contreras' JuliomysJuliomys pictipes (Osgood, 1933) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cleft-headed JuliomysJuliomys rimofrons Oliveira & Bonvicino, 2002 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Candango AkodontJuscelinomys candango Moojen, 1965 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Guaporé AkodontJuscelinomys guaporensis Emmons, 1999 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Huanchaca AkodontJuscelinomys huanchacae Emmons, 1999 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Woolly Giant RatKunsia tomentosus (Lichtenstein, 1830) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Steppe LemmingLagurus lagurus (Pallas, 1773) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mandarin VoleLasiopodomys mandarinus (Milne-Edwards, 1871) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Amur Brown LemmingLemmus amurensis Vinogradov, 1924 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Norway LemmingLemmus lemmus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wrangel Island LemmingLemmus portenkoi Tchernyavsky, 1967 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-footed LemmingLemmus sibiricus (Kerr, 1792) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Andean ratLenoxus apicalis (J. A. Allen, 1900) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crested RatLophiomys imhausi Milne-Edwards, 1867 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Southern Big-eared MouseLoxodontomys micropus (Waterhouse, 1837) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pikumche PericoteLoxodontomys pikumche Spotorno, Cofre, Manriquez, Vilina, Marquet & Walker, 1998 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oaxaca giant deer mouseMegadontomys cryophilus (Musser, 1964) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nelson's Big-toothed DeermouseMegadontomys nelsoni (Merriam, 1898) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thomas' Deer MouseMegadontomys thomasi (Merriam, 1898) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Antillean Giant Rice RatMegalomys desmarestii (Fischer, 1829) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Santa Lucia Giant Rice RatMegalomys luciae (Forsyth Major, 1901) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Galápagos Giant RatMegaoryzomys curioi (Niethammer, 1964) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extinct |
| Dusky MelanomysMelanomys caliginosus (Tomes, 1860) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Robust Dark Rice RatMelanomys robustulus Thomas, 1914 | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden HamsterMesocricetus auratus (Waterhouse, 1839) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brandt's HamsterMesocricetus brandti (Nehring, 1898) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Romanian HamsterMesocricetus newtoni (Nehring, 1898) | CricetidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ciscaucasian HamsterMesocricetus raddei (Nehring, 1894) | 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.