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What does the cosmopolitan family Cricetidae include?

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The cosmopolitan family Cricetidae includes the native New World mice, such as the deer mouse, American harvest mouse ( Reithrodontomys ), the carnivorous grasshopper mouse, the South American field mice, the pack rat, and the rice rat; it also includes the various Old and New World species of vole , hamster , lemming , muskrat , and gerbil .

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