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
Genus Cricetus Leske, 1779 - common hamster
Cricetus cricetus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - common hamster