NCIt definition : Any member of four genera of the rodent family Cricetidae; short-tailed Old World
burrowing rodents with large cheek pouches.;
Alternative definition : CDISC: Any member of the subfamily cricetinae and the genuses Mesocricetus, Phodopus,
Cricetus, Cricetulus, Allocricetulus, Cansumys and Tscherskia.;