Burrower

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Burrower
Muskrat ( Ondatra zibethicus )
Systematics
Superordinate : Euarchontoglires Order : Rodents (Rodentia) Subordination : Mouse relatives (Myomorpha) Superfamily : Mice-like (Muroidea) Eumuroida Family : Burrower
Scientific name
Cricetidae
Fischer von Waldheim , 1817

The Hustler (Cricetidae) are a mammalian family of mice-like and summarize the voles , the Hamster and the New world together.

Based on morphological findings, a relationship between these groups has long been assumed, which is now confirmed by genetic studies. It is a species-rich group that almost 700 species live in America and Eurasia.

The following five subfamilies are distinguished:

• Voles (arvicolinae)
• Hamster (Cricetinae)
• Neotominae
• Sigmodontinae
• Tylomyinae

The last three groups mentioned are also summarized as New World mice .

literature

• DE Wilson, DM Reeder: Mammal Species of the World . Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4

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