| Cricetidae Temporal range:
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| Meadow vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Muroidea |
| Family: | Cricetidae J. Fischer, 1817 |
| Type genus | |
| Cricetus Linnaeus, 1758
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| Subfamilies | |
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Arvicolinae | |
The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At over 870 species, it is either the largest or second-largest family of mammals, and has members throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia.