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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuperfamily Muroidea — thehamsters ,voles ,lemmings and somemice andrats .
Etymologies
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Cricetus + -idae
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Rodents facts, pictures & stunning videos: BBC Wildlife Finder New records of Stolzmann's fish-eating rat Ichthyomys stolzmanni Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae in Peru: A rare species becoming a nuisance: Mammalian Biology The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
BBC News - Home 2011
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Family matters: Deer mice belong to the mammal family Cricetidae, a group that includes small rodents such as some species of native mice, rats and voles.
unknown title 2009
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