Cricetidae

Classification

Genera in Cricetidae

• Peromyscus — 97 species: Peromyscus antiquus, Peromyscus anyapahensis, Peromyscus attwateri, Peromyscus aztecus, Peromyscus bakeri, Peromyscus baumgartneri, Peromyscus beatae, Peromyscus beckensis
• Microtus — 89 species: Microtus abbreviatus, Microtus agrestis, Microtus anatolicus, Microtus arvalis, Microtus asio, Microtus australis, Microtus bavaricus, Microtus brachycercus
• Akodon — 52 species: Akodon aerosus, Akodon affinis, Akodon albiventer, Akodon azarae, Akodon boliviense, Akodon boliviensis, Akodon budini, Akodon caenosus
• Thomasomys — 50 species: Thomasomys andersoni, Thomasomys antoniobracki, Thomasomys apeco, Thomasomys aureus, Thomasomys auricularis, Thomasomys australis, Thomasomys baeops, Thomasomys bombycinus
• Neotoma — 36 species: Neotoma albigula, Neotoma amplidonta, Neotoma angustapalata, Neotoma anthonyi, Neotoma bryanti, Neotoma bunkeri, Neotoma chrysomelas, Neotoma cinerea
• Reithrodontomys — 28 species: Reithrodontomys bakeri, Reithrodontomys brevirostris, Reithrodontomys burti, Reithrodontomys chrysopsis, Reithrodontomys creper, Reithrodontomys darienensis, Reithrodontomys fulvescens, Reithrodontomys galushai
• Oligoryzomys — 27 species: Oligoryzomys andinus, Oligoryzomys arenalis, Oligoryzomys brendae, Oligoryzomys chacoensis, Oligoryzomys delicatus, Oligoryzomys delticola, Oligoryzomys destructor, Oligoryzomys eliurus
• Rhipidomys — 27 species: Rhipidomys albujai, Rhipidomys albujari, Rhipidomys austrinus, Rhipidomys cariri, Rhipidomys caucensis, Rhipidomys couesi, Rhipidomys emiliae, Rhipidomys fulviventer
• Oryzomys — 26 species: Oryzomys alfaroi, Oryzomys anoblepas, Oryzomys aurillus, Oryzomys barbacoas, Oryzomys baroni, Oryzomys carrikeri, Oryzomys caudatus, Oryzomys chaparensis
• Oxymycterus — 24 species: Oxymycterus akodontius, Oxymycterus amazonicus, Oxymycterus angularis, Oxymycterus caparoae, Oxymycterus cosmodus, Oxymycterus dasytrichus, Oxymycterus delator, Oxymycterus dosytrichos
• Sigmodon — 22 species: Sigmodon alleni, Sigmodon alstoni, Sigmodon arizonae, Sigmodon atavus, Sigmodon bakeri, Sigmodon chonensis, Sigmodon curtisi, Sigmodon fulviventer
• Calomys — 21 species: Calomys achaku, Calomys baskini, Calomys boliviae, Calomys callidus, Calomys callosus, Calomys cerqueirai, Calomys chinchilico, Calomys coffeyi
• Oecomys — 19 species: Oecomys auyantepui, Oecomys awyantepui, Oecomys bicolor, Oecomys catherinae, Oecomys cleberi, Oecomys concolor, Oecomys flavicans, Oecomys franciscorum
• Neacomys — 18 species: Neacomys auriventer, Neacomys dubosti, Neacomys guianae, Neacomys leilae, Neacomys macedoruizi, Neacomys marajoara, Neacomys marci, Neacomys minutus
• Phyllotis — 18 species: Phyllotis alisosiensis, Phyllotis amicus, Phyllotis andium, Phyllotis anitae, Phyllotis bonariensis, Phyllotis caprinus, Phyllotis darwini, Phyllotis definitus
• Alticola — 13 species: Alticola albicaudus, Alticola argentatus, Alticola barakshin, Alticola lemminus, Alticola macrotis, Alticola montosa, Alticola olchonensis, Alticola roylei
• Myodes — 13 species: Myodes andersoni, Myodes californicus, Myodes centralis, Myodes gapperi, Myodes glareolus, Myodes imaizumii, Myodes macrotis, Myodes regulus
• Nephelomys — 13 species: Nephelomys albigularis, Nephelomys auriventer, Nephelomys caracolus, Nephelomys childi, Nephelomys devius, Nephelomys keaysi, Nephelomys levipes, Nephelomys maculiventer
• Cricetulus — 12 species: Cricetulus alticola, Cricetulus barabensis, Cricetulus curtatus, Cricetulus grangeri, Cricetulus kamensis, Cricetulus lavocati, Cricetulus longicaudatus, Cricetulus migratorius
• Necromys — 12 species: Necromys amoenus, Necromys benefactus, Necromys bonapartei, Necromys conifer, Necromys lactens, Necromys lasiurus, Necromys lenguarum, Necromys lilloi
• Abrothrix — 11 species: Abrothrix andinus, Abrothrix hershkovitzi, Abrothrix illuteus, Abrothrix jelskii, Abrothrix lanosus, Abrothrix longipilis, Abrothrix magnus, Abrothrix manni
• Eothenomys — 11 species: Eothenomys andersoni, Eothenomys cachinus, Eothenomys chinensis, Eothenomys custos, Eothenomys eleusis, Eothenomys hintoni, Eothenomys melanogaster, Eothenomys miletus
• Neodon — 11 species: Neodon clarkei, Neodon forresti, Neodon fuscus, Neodon irene, Neodon leucurus, Neodon linzhiensis, Neodon medogensis, Neodon nepalensis
• Onychomys — 10 species: Onychomys arenicola, Onychomys bensoni, Onychomys bruneri, Onychomys gidleyi, Onychomys hollisteri, Onychomys jinglebobensis, Onychomys larrabeei, Onychomys leucogaster
• Neusticomys — 9 species:
• Cerradomys — 8 species:
• Dicrostonyx — 8 species:
• Eligmodontia — 8 species:
• Holochilus — 8 species:
• Arvicola — 7 species:
• Baiomys — 7 species:
• Brucepattersonius — 7 species:
• Chilomys — 7 species:
• Ellobius — 7 species:
• Habromys — 7 species:
• Hylaeamys — 7 species:
• Mesocricetus — 7 species:
• Nectomys — 7 species:
• Tylomys — 7 species:
• Auliscomys — 6 species:
• Euryoryzomys — 6 species:
• Graomys — 6 species:
• Ichthyomys — 6 species:
• Karydomys — 6 species:
• Lemmus — 6 species:
• Synaptomys — 6 species:
• Cricetus — 5 species:
• Juscelinomys — 5 species:
• Melanomys — 5 species:
• Nesoryzomys — 5 species:
• Phenacomys — 5 species:
• Aegialomys — 4 species:
• Arborimus — 4 species:
• Euneomys — 4 species:
• Geoxus — 4 species:
• Juliomys — 4 species:
• Lasiopodomys — 4 species:
• Nelsonia — 4 species:
• Reithrodon — 4 species:
• Rheomys — 4 species:
• Scapteromys — 4 species:
• Witenia — 4 species:
• Alexandromys — 3 species:
• Andalgalomys — 3 species:
• Bibimys — 3 species:
• Blanfordimys — 3 species:
• Chelemys — 3 species:
• Chionomys — 3 species:
• Delomys — 3 species:
• Lophiomys — 3 species:
• Megadontomys — 3 species:
• Megalomys — 3 species:
• Neototna — 3 species:
• Phodopus — 3 species:
• Raricricetodon — 3 species:
• Rhagomys — 3 species:
• Transandinomys — 3 species:
• Zygodontomys — 3 species:
• Abrawayaomys — 2 species:
• Aepeomys — 2 species:
• Agathaeromys — 2 species:
• Allocricetulus — 2 species:
• Anotomys — 2 species:
• Basirepomys — 2 species:
• Caryomys — 2 species:
• Chibchanomys — 2 species:
• Cricetulodon — 2 species:
• Deltamys — 2 species:
• Dinaromys — 2 species:
• Eolagurus — 2 species:
• Eremoryzomys — 2 species:
• Handleyomys — 2 species:
• Hyperacrius — 2 species:
• Isthmomys — 2 species:
• Kunsia — 2 species:
• Lagurus — 2 species:
• Loxodontomys — 2 species:
• Microryzomys — 2 species:
• Mindomys — 2 species:
• Mogilia — 2 species:
• Neofiber — 2 species:
• Neomicroxus — 2 species:
• Ondatra — 2 species:
• Ototylomys — 2 species:
• Phaenomys — 2 species:
• Proedromys — 2 species:
• Punomys — 2 species:
• Scolomys — 2 species:
• Scotinomys — 2 species:
• Sigmodontomys — 2 species:
• Tanyuromys — 2 species:
• Thalpomys — 2 species:
• Tobienia — 2 species:
• Volemys — 2 species:
• Wiedomys — 2 species:
• Willeumys — 2 species:
• Aktaumys — 1 species:
• Allophaiomys — 1 species:
• Amphinectomys — 1 species:
• Andinomys — 1 species:

Showing the 120 genera with the most species records held.

Source and Attribution

Taxonomic rank data on this page is drawn from the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, doi.org/10.15468/39omei, GBIF Secretariat, licensed CC BY 4.0. Member-species counts are counts of records held in the Sanctum species index, not a claim of completeness for the family.