Abundance: 0.01 to 18.75% (median 1.35%)
Latitudinal range: 32.8° to 58.3°Habitats: (26), boreal forest/taiga (1), temperate coniferous forest (1)
Found in 28 samples
France: Castelnou 1 (Late Miocene), Romain-la-Roche (Middle Pleistocene), Lazaret (C II supérieur UA 13-17) (Middle Pleistocene)
Germany: Kettig (Late Pleistocene)
Israel: Marj Rabba (Holocene)
Montenegro: Trlica (Bed 5) (Middle Pleistocene)
Poland: Zabia Cave (Layer 21) (Early Pleistocene), Borsuka Cave (Layer VI) (Late Pleistocene), Borsuka Cave (Layer III) (Holocene), Borsuka Cave (Layer II) (Holocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 19) (Early Pleistocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 18) (Early Pleistocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 15) (Early Pleistocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 13) (Early Pleistocene), Zabia Cave (Layer 10) (Early Pleistocene)
Russia: Kuznetsovka (Middle Pleistocene), Chusovoy, Chagyrskaya Cave (Layer 5) (Late Pleistocene), Chagyrskaya Cave (Layer 6) (Late Pleistocene), Mezmaiskaya Cave (Layer 2A) (Late Pleistocene), Novokhopersk-1 (Middle Pleistocene), Novokhopersk-2 (Middle Pleistocene), Chernyshevskaya-III Cave (layer 3) (Holocene)
Turkey: Dicle University Campus
Ukraine: Grot Skeliastyi (III-3B) (Late Pleistocene), Grot Skeliastyi (III-3) (Late Pleistocene), Grot Skeliastyi (III-3-x) (Late Pleistocene), Grot Skeliastyi (III-1) (Holocene)
See also Cricetus cricetus, Cricetus runtonensis, Cricetus sp.