Cricetulus Milne-Edwards 1867 Cricetulus Milne-Edwards 1867, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris), 7: 376. Type Species: Cricetulus griseus Milne-Edwards 1867 Synonyms: Allocricetus Schaub 1930; Cricetinus Zdansky 1928; Moldavimus Samson and Radulesco 1973; Urocricetus Satunin 1903. Species and subspecies: 6 species: Species Cricetulus alticola Thomas 1917 Species Cricetulus barabensis (Pallas 1773) Species Cricetulus kamensis Satunin 1903 Species Cricetulus longicaudatus Milne-Edwards 1867 Species Cricetulus migratorius (Pallas 1773) Species Cricetulus sokolovi Orlov and Malygin 1988 Discussion: See comments under subfamily. Genus documented from the late Miocene of Europe and early Pliocene of Asia (McKenna and Bell, 1997).

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1041, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535