Cricetidae Fischer 1817

Family CRICETIDAE (TRUE HAMSTERS, VOLES, LEMMINGS AND NEW WORLD RATS AND MICE) • Very small to medium-large rodents, rarely large, mostly with generalized cursorial body plans and typically not sexually dimorphic. • 10-70 cm. • Holarctic and Neotropical regions, marginally into Indo-Malayan Region. • Virtually all terrestrial and some aquatic habitats. • 142 genera, 765 species, at least 1505 extant taxa. • 20 species Critically Endangered, 32 species Endangered, 40 species Vulnerable; 15 species Extinct since 1600.Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, pp. 204-535 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 279, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.670714