| Common Name | Species Name | Origin | Comments |
| HAMSTERS | |||
| Chinese Hamster | Cricetelus griseus | Mongolia, China, Manchuria | |
| Cricetelus barabensis | |||
| Grey/Migratory Hamster | Cricetelus migratorius | ? | |
| European Hamster Common/Black-Bellied Hamster |
Cricetus cricetus | W.Europe to C. Asia | |
| Korean Hamster | Cricetelus triton | NE China, Korea, Siberia (Ussuri reg.) | |
| Everman's Hamster | Allocricetelus evermanni | ? | |
| Short Dwarf Hamster | Allocricetelus curtatis | ? | |
| Caucasian Hamster | Mesocricetus auratus | ? | |
| Romanian Hamster | Mesocricetus newtoni | ? | |
| Dwarf Russian Hamster (Djungarian/Striped/Hairy-Footed Dwarf Hamster) |
Phodopus sungoris sungoris | Khazakh, Mongolia, Siberia, Manchuria | |
| P. s. campbelli | |||
| Rabarovski's Dwarf Russian Hamster | P. rabarovskii | ? | |
| Mouselike Hamster | Calomyscus bailwardi | S Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan | Lives on oak-covered or barren hills. |
| GERBILS & JIRDS | |||
| Mongolian Gerbil/Clawed Jird | Meriones ungiculatus | China, Mongolia, Manchuria | |
| Shaw's Jird | Meriones shawii | ||
| M. tristani | |||
| M. vinogradavi | |||
| Libyan Jird/Gerbil | M. libycus | N. Africa | |
| Thomas/Jerusalem/Sundevall's Gerbil/Jird | M.crassus | N. Africa as far east as Syria | |
| M. sucrementi | |||
| Persian Gerbil | M. persicus | ||
| Indian Desert Gerbil | M. hurrainae | ||
| M. cularus | |||
| M. sekeetany culurus | |||
| Pygmy Egyptian Gerbil | M. pyramidalis | ||
| Pallas Gerbil | M. camaricurius | ||
| Egyptian Gerbil | Gerbillus gerbillus | N. & W. Africa (up to Algeria and Nigeria) eastwards as far as Jordan and Syria | |
| Namib Paeba Gerbil | Gerbillus paeda | ||
| Afghanistan Red Desert Gerbil | Gerbillus glendoni | ||
| Red Desert/Cheeseman's Gerbil | Gerbillus chesmani | ||
| Wagner's Gerbil | Gerbillus dasyurus | ||
| Greater Egyptian Gerbil | Gerbillus pyramidium | ||
| Baluchistan Gerbil | Gerbillus nanus | ||
| Indian/Red-Footed Gerbil | Tatera indica | ||
| Naked Sole Gerbil | Tatera taterillus | ||
| Cape Short-Toed Gerbil | Desmodillus auricularis | ||
| Short-Eared Rat Gerbil | Desmodillus braveri | ||
| Fat-Tailed Gerbil | Pachyuromys duprasi | ||
| Ammodillus imbellis | |||
| Przewalski's Gerbil | Brachinoes przewalski | ||
| Fat Sand Rat/Jird | Psammomys obesus | ||
| Desert Jerboa | Eremodipus spp (5) | Must not be given water in captivity! | |
| Jaculus spp. | |||
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