Mammalia - Glires - Cricetidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 93920
Synonyms: Epicricetodon Kretzoi 1941 (no. 94025), Karstocricetus Kordos 1987 (no. 94026), Kowalskia Fahlbusch 1969 (no. 41791)
Parent taxon: Cricetinae according to M. Freudenthal et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Apocricetus, Collimys, Cricetini, Cricetinus, Cricetulodon, Cricetulus, Democricetodon, Karydomys, Leidymini, Megacricetodon, Mesocricetus, Neacomys, Onychomys, Peromyscini, Peromyscus, Phodopus, Rotundomys, Symmetrodontomys
Subtaxa: Kowalskia browni, Kowalskia gansunica, Kowalskia intermedia, Kowalskia magna, Kowalskia moldavica, Kowalskia nestori, Kowalskia similis, Kowalskia yinanensis, Kowalskia zhengi, Neocricetodon ambarrensis, Neocricetodon fahlbuschi, Neocricetodon lavocati, Neocricetodon occidentalis, Neocricetodon polonicus, Neocricetodon sesae, Neocricetodon skofleki
Type: Kowalskia polonica
Ecology: scansorial insectivore