Cricetidae

family of mammals
Taxon taxon Q193061
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Summary

Cricetidae is a taxon[1]. Cricetidae ranks in the top 0.72% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,755 views/month, #1,410 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: family[3]
  • Parent taxon: Muroidea[4]
  • Taxon name: Cricetidae[5]
  • Subclass of: Rodentia[6]
  • Commons category: Cricetidae[7]
  • Temporal range start: Eocene[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cricetidae[9]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10]
  • Taxon common name: hamsterfamilien[11], hrčki[12]
  • Vocalized name: אוֹגְרִיִּים[13]

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Identifiers

Cricetidae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 55986[14]. Cricetidae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 337677[15]. Cricetidae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 2921042[16]. Cricetidae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3240723[17]. Cricetidae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180274[18].

Why It Matters

Cricetidae has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] Cricetidae is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · CommonsDelinker · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Sigmodon hispidus1.jpg, European hamster in Vienna.jpg
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Image: Hamster.jpg, Replacing Hamster.jpg with [[File:European_hamster_in_Vienna.jpg]] (by [[:c:User:CommonsDelinker|CommonsDelinker]] because: [[:c:COM:FR|Fi"
  2. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i47825
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02338001-n
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Muroidea
    Taxon rank → family
    Instance of → taxon
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007553208405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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