Class [Mammalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
Subfamily Cricetinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - hamsters
1 Genus Calomyscus Thomas, 1905 - mouse-like hamsters
2 Genus Phodopus Miller, 1910 - small desert hamsters
3 Genus Cricetus Leske, 1779 - common hamster
4 Genus Cricetulus Milne-Edwards, 1867 - dwarf hamsters
5 Genus Cansumys Allen, 1928
6 Genus Mesocricetus Nehring, 1898 - golden hamsters