English > Cricetidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | Mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters. |
---|
Synonym | family Cricetidae |
---|
Member of | Myomorpha, suborder Myomorpha | true rats and mice and related rodents |
---|
Members | Arvicola, genus Arvicola | In some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus |
---|
Baiomys, genus Baiomys | pygmy mice |
Clethrionomys, genus Clethrionomys | A genus of Cricetidae |
Cricetus, genus Cricetus | type genus of the Cricetidae |
Dicrostonyx, genus Dicrostonyx | pied lemmings |
Gerbillinae, subfamily Gerbillinae | gerbils |
Lemmus, genus lemmus | lemmings |
Meriones, genus Meriones | A genus of Cricetidae |
Mesocricetus, genus Mesocricetus | golden hamsters |
Microtus, genus Microtus | voles of the northern hemisphere |
Myopus, genus Myopus | A genus of Cricetidae |
Neofiber, genus Neofiber | round-tailed muskrat |
Neotoma, genus Neotoma | packrats |
New World mouse | A variety of rodent |
Ondatra, genus Ondatra | muskrats |
Onychomys, genus Onychomys | grasshopper mice |
Oryzomys, genus Oryzomys | rice rats |
Peromyscus, genus Peromyscus | New World wood mice |
Pitymys, genus Pitymys | pine mice |
Reithrodontomys, genus Reithrodontomys | New World harvest mice |
Sigmodon, genus Sigmodon | American cotton rats |
Synaptomys, genus Synaptomys | bog lemmings |
genus Phenacomys | North American voles |
lemming | Any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution |
wood rat, wood-rat | Any of various small short-tailed rodents of the northern hemisphere having soft fur grey above and white below with furred tails and large ears |
Broader | mammal family | A family of mammals |
---|
Spanish | cricétidos |
---|
Catalan | Cricetidae, Cricètid, cricètids |
---|