family Cricetidae

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family Cricetidae - mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters Cricetidae mammal family - a family of mammals Myomorpha, suborder Myomorpha - true rats and mice and related rodents New World mouse - a variety of rodent genus Reithrodontomys, Reithrodontomys - New World harvest mice genus Peromyscus, Peromyscus - New World wood mice Baiomys, genus Baiomys - pygmy mice genus Onychomys, Onychomys - grasshopper mice genus Ondatra, Ondatra - muskrats genus Neofiber, Neofiber - round-tailed muskrat genus Sigmodon, Sigmodon - American cotton rats 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; some are hosts for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks) genus Neotoma, Neotoma - packrats genus Oryzomys, Oryzomys - rice rats genus Pitymys, Pitymys - pine mice genus Microtus, Microtus - voles of the northern hemisphere Arvicola, genus Arvicola - in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus Clethrionomys, genus Clethrionomys - a genus of Cricetidae genus Phenacomys - North American voles Cricetus, genus Cricetus - type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters genus Mesocricetus, Mesocricetus - golden hamsters Gerbillinae, subfamily Gerbillinae - gerbils genus Meriones, Meriones - a genus of Cricetidae lemming - any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution genus lemmus, Lemmus - lemmings genus Myopus, Myopus - a genus of Cricetidae Dicrostonyx, genus Dicrostonyx - pied lemmings genus Synaptomys, Synaptomys - bog lemmings