Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative spelling: Arvicolidae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004
See also Bell and Bever 2006, Fejfar and Repenning 1998, Gray 1821, McKenna and Bell 1997, Seymour 2004, Shoshani et al. 1989 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Abelmoschomys, Aktaumys, Allocricetus, Allospalax, Alticola, Anatolomys, Andinomys, Antecalomys, Aralocricetodon, Aratomys, Argyromys, Baiomys, Baranomys, Basirepomys, Bensonomys, Blancomys, Chardinomys, Chinchillula, Cimarronomys, Copemys, Cricetinae, Cricetodontinae, Cricetopinae, Democricetodontinae, Desmodillus, Dolomys, Ellobius, Eocricetodon, Eoeumys, Eolagurus, Eucricetodontinae, Eumyarioninae, Eumys, Galushamys, Geringia, Germanomys, Gnomomys, Goniodontomys, Guildayomys, Hesperomyini, Hibbardomys, Hodomys, Ischymomys, Isthmomys, Jacobsomys, Kanisamys, Kislangia, Lagurodon, Lagurus, Lartetomys, Laugaritiomys, Leakeymys, Leidymys, Lemmiscus, Leukaristomys, Loupomys, Melissiodontinae, Microcricetus, Microtinae, Microtocricetus, Microtodon, Microtoscoptes, Mictomys, Mirrabella, Myocricetodon, Nannocricetus, Nelsonia, Neofiber, Neotoma, Neotominae, Neotomini, Ochrotomys, Ogmodontomys, Onychomys, Paciculus, Palasiomys, Pappocricetodontinae, Paracricetodontinae, Paracricetulus, Paramicrotoscoptes, Paratarsomys, Paronychomys, Peromyscus, Plesiocricetodon, Plioctomys, Pliolemmus, Pliomys, Pliotomodon, Poamys, Podomys, Postcopemys, Primoprismus, Primus, Promimomys, Propliomys, Prosomys, Prospalax, Protatera, Prototomys, Pseudocricetodontinae, Pseudocricetops, Pseudomyscus, Pterospalax, Punomys, Raricricetodontinae, Reithrodontomys, Repomys, Rhinocricetus, Rhizospalax, Scottimus, Sigmodontinae, Sigmodontini, Sinocricetus, Stachomys, Synaptomys, Trilophomys, Tylomyinae, Ungaromys, Vallaris, Willeumys, Wilsoneumys, Yatkolamys, Zhungaromys, Zramys, Zygodontomys
Subtaxa: Allophaiomys Arvicolini Dicrostonychini Dinaromys Lasiopodomys Lemmini Mimomys Myodini Ondatrinae Ondatrini Orcemys Phenacomyini Praesynaptomys Prolagurus Prometheomyini Synaptomyini
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Canada (33: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), China (6), Croatia (1), the Czech Republic (6), France (36), Georgia (2), Germany (24), Greece (32), Greenland (8), Hungary (34), Israel (7), Italy (90), Japan (3), Kazakhstan (3), Kyrgyzstan (1), Malta (1), Mexico (5), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (4), Norway (2), Poland (2), Portugal (3), Romania (20), the Russian Federation (8), Spain (38), Syria (1), Taiwan (1), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (5), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (20), United States (359: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming)
• Blancan of United States (101: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of China (1), France (1), Hungary (4), Italy (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2)
• Pliocene of Austria (2), China (18), France (5), Germany (4), Greece (16), Hungary (11), Italy (4), Kazakhstan (5), Poland (2), Romania (14), the Russian Federation (2), Slovakia (2), Spain (29), Turkey (6), Ukraine (1), United States (10: Arizona, Idaho)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Idaho)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Spain (1)
Total: 1012 collections including 2184 occurrences