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(zoologia), (mammalogia) piccolo roditore della famiglia dei Cricetidi, diffuso in america e Asia, allevato come animale da compagnia o come cavia per esperimenti; Riferendosi al Criceto Comune (o "dei campi") la sua classificazione scientifica è Cricetus cricetus (tassonomia) anche se di solito tale razza è poco diffusa e non è allevata, al contrario, ad esempio, del Criceto Dorato (Mesocricetus auratus) e di quello Russo (Phodopus)