Cricetus References Cricetus mammal Ask Anything Homework Help Written by The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them. The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica Britannica AI Ask Anything Learn about this topic in these articles: hamster/ Classification and evolutionOne extinct hamster of Cricetus, for example, lived in North Africa during the middle Miocene, but the only extant member of that genus is the common hamster of Eurasia. Read MoreOne extinct hamster of Cricetus, for example, lived in North Africa during the middle Miocene, but the only extant member of that genus is the common hamster of Eurasia. Read More