After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Cricetinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 [taxonomic history] (hamsterit) |--o Cricetus Leske, 1779 [Hamster Lacépède, 1799; Heliomys Gray, 1873] M.Mioc. Af., U.Mioc.-R. Eu., L.Plioc.-R. As. | `-- C. cricetus (common hamster; hamsteri) |--o †Rotundomys Mein, 1965 [incl.? †Cricetulodon Hartenberger, 1966] M.-U.Mioc.-Plioc. Eu. | |-- †R. montisrotundi Mein, 1966 | `-- †R. bressanus Mein, 1975 |--o †Microtocricetus Fahlbusch & Mayr, 1975 [incl. †Sarmantomys Topachevsky & Skorik, 1988] M.Mioc. Eu. | `-- †M. molassicus Fahlbusch & Mayr, 1975 |-- †Ischymomys Zazhigin, in Gromov, 1971; U.Mioc. As. |-- †Collimys Daxner-Höck, 1972; U.Mioc. Eu. |-- †Pannonicola brevidens Kretzoi, 1965; U.Mioc. Eu. |-- †Hattomys Freudenthal, 1985; ?U.Mioc. Eu. |-- †Nannocricetus Schaub, 1934; U.Mioc.-?M.Pleist. As. |-- †Karstocricetus Kordos, 1987; U.Muoc. EEu. |--o †Kowalskia Fahlbusch, 1969; U.Mioc. As., U.Mioc.-U.Plioc. Eu. | |-- †K. polonica | |-- †K. magna | |-- †K. schaubi | |-- †K. ?lavocati | |-- †K. fahlbuschi | |-- †K. intermedia | |-- †K. moldavica | |-- †K. occidentalis | |-- †K. gansunica | |-- †K. yinanensis | |-- †K. skofleki | |-- †K. nestori | |-- †K. polgardiensis | |-- †K. neimengensis | |-- †K. similis | |-- †K. browni | `-- †K. progressa |--o Cricetulus Milne-Edwards, 1867 [incl. Urocricetus Satunin, 1903; †Cricetinus Zdansky, 1928; †Allocricetus Schaub, 1903; †Moldavimus Samson & Radulesco, 1973] U.Mioc.-R. Eu., L.Plioc.-R. As. (dwarf hamsters; kääpiöhamsterit) | |-- C. migratorius (kääpiöhamsteri) | |-- C. barabensis | |-- C. pseudogriseus | |-- C. griseus | |-- C. obscurus | |-- C. sokolovi | |-- C. longicaudatus | |-- C. kamensis | `-- C. alticola |-- †Hypsocricetus Daxner-Höch, 1992; U.Mioc. EEu. |-- †Sinocricetus Schaub, 1930; U.Mioc. CAs. |-- †Paracricetulus Young, 1927; L.Plioc. As. |-- †Chuanocricetus Zheng, 1993; U.Plioc. As. |-- †Amblycricetus Zheng, 1993; U.Plioc. As. |--o Mesocricetus Nehring, 1898 [Cricetus (Mesocricetus) Nehring, 1898; Mediocricetus Nehring, 1898; Semicricetus Nehring, 1898; Mesocricetus Nehring, 1902] L.Plioc.-R. As., U.Pleist.-R. Eu. (golden hamsters; kultahamsterit) | |-- M. auratus (golden hamster; kultahamsteri) | |-- M. brandti | |-- M. newtoni (romanianhamsteri) | `-- M. raddei |-- †Rhinocricetus Kretzoi, 1956; L.-M.Pleist. Eu. |--o Phodopus Miller, 1910 [incl. Cricetiscus Thomas, 1917] Pleist.-R. As. Eu. (small desert hamsters; pikkuhamsterit) | |-- P. sungorus (Pallas, 1770) (pikkuhamsteri) | |?- P. campbelli [P. sungorus] | `-- P. roborovskii |--o Tscherskia Ognev, 1914 [Cricetulus; Asiocricetus Kishida, 1929] U.Plioc. Eu., R. As. | `-- T. triton (harmaahamsteri) |-- Cansumys canus G.M. Allen, 1928; R. As. `--o Allocricetulus Argyropulo, 1932 [Cricetulus] R. As. |-- A. eversmanni `-- A. curtatus
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629