Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 955 1189 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Cansumys G. M. Allen 1928 Cansumys G. M. Allen 1928 , J. Mammal., 9: 244 . Type Species: Cansumys canus G. M. Allen 1928 Species and subspecies: 1 species: Species Cansumys canus G. M. Allen 1928 Discussion: Formerly considered a synonym of Cricetulus ( Corbet, 1978 c ; Ellerman, 1941 ; Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951 ) or Tscherskia ( Carleton and Musser, 1984 ; Pavlinov and Rossolimo, 1987 ). Ross (1988) underscored the combination of unusual pelage pattern, large body size, long hairy tail, and high-crowned (but rooted) selenodont-like molars that makes Cansumys unique among cricetines, and subsequent workers have supported its obvious generic separation from Cricetulus and Tscherskia ( Corbet and Hill, 1992 ; Musser and Carleton, 1993 ; Pavlinov et al., 1995 a ). Zhang et al. (1997) recognized canus but retained Cansumys in Cricetulus , without explanation.