Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Suborder Sciurognathi (Tullberg, 1899) see Suborder Sciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
       Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
         Subfamily Cricetinae Fischer de Waldheim, 1817 - hamsters
           1 Genus Allocricetulus Argyropulo, 1932
           2 Genus Cansumys Allen, 1928
           3 Genus Cricetulus Milne-Edwards, 1867 - dwarf hamsters
           4 Genus Cricetus Leske, 1779 - common hamster
           5 Genus Mesocricetus Nehring, 1898 - golden hamsters
           6 Genus Phodopus Miller, 1910 - small desert hamsters
           7 Genus Tscherskia Ognev, 1914