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  1. Life
  2. Animals
  3. Chordates
  4. Mammals
  5. Rodents
  6. Muroids
  7. Hamsters, Voles, Lemmings, and Allies

family

Hamsters, Voles, Lemmings, and Allies

Cricetidae

Includes
46 native 1 introduced 9 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • North American Mice and Rats 25 native
  • Voles, Lemmings, and Muskrats 16 native
  • Sigmodonts 5 native
  • Hamsters

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native hamsters, voles, lemmings, and allies All

Native to the US, by observations.

  • Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus 58,810 observations
  • White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus 9,869 observations
  • Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus 7,236 observations
  • Eastern Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus 7,055 observations
  • Western Deer Mouse Peromyscus sonoriensis 6,763 observations
  • Eastern Deermouse Peromyscus maniculatus 5,507 observations
  • Dusky-footed Woodrat Neotoma fuscipes 4,068 observations
  • California Vole Microtus californicus 3,105 observations
  • Western Meadow Vole Microtus drummondii 2,940 observations
  • Bushy-tailed Woodrat Neotoma cinerea 2,080 observations
  • Southern Red-backed Vole Clethrionomys gapperi 1,376 observations
  • Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis 1,130 observations
  • Big-eared Woodrat Neotoma macrotis 1,106 observations
  • Eastern Woodrat Neotoma floridana 1,008 observations
  • Woodland Vole Microtus pinetorum 916 observations
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