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 Allocricetulus Argyropulo 1932 Allocricetulus Argyropulo 1932 , Trudy Zoologich. Inst. AN SSSR , 1: 242 ( fide Pavlinov, 2002, in litt.) . Type Species: Cricetus eversmanni Brandt 1859 Species and subspecies: 2 species: Species Allocricetulus curtatus (G. M. Allen 1925) Species Allocricetulus eversmanni (Brandt 1859) Discussion: Considered valid as a subgenus of Cricetulus by Ellerman (1941 , 1961 ) and Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951) .