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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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Eumetazoa (metazoans)-
Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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Craniata (craniates)
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Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
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Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
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Amniota (amniotes)
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Synapsida (synapsids)
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Class Mammalia (mammals)
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Subclass Theria (Therian mammals)
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Infraclass Eutheria (placental mammals)
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Order Rodentia (rodents)
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Suborder Myomorpha (mice, rats, gerbils, jerboas, and relatives)-
Superfamily Muroidea (mice, rats, gerbils, and relatives)
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Family Cricetidae (New World rats and mice, voles, hamsters, and relatives)
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Subfamily Cricetinae (hamsters)
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Genus Cricetulus (ratlike hamsters)-
Species Cricetulus alticola (Tibetan dwarf hamster)
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Species Cricetulus barabensis (striped dwarf hamster)
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Species Cricetulus kamensis (Kam dwarf hamster)
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Species Cricetulus longicaudatus (long-tailed dwarf hamster)
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Species Cricetulus migratorius (gray dwarf hamster)
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Species Cricetulus sokolovi (Sokolov's dwarf hamster)
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Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.
Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.
