Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synonyms: Epicricetodon Kretzoi 1941, Karstocricetus Kordos 1987, Kowalskia Fahlbusch 1969
Parent taxon: Cricetinae according to M. Freudenthal et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Apocricetus, Collimys, Cricetini, Cricetinus, Cricetulodon, Cricetulus, Democricetodon, Karydomys, Megacricetodon, Mesocricetus, Neacomys, Peromyscini, Peromyscus, Phodopus, Rotundomys
Subtaxa: Kowalskia browni, Kowalskia gansunica, Kowalskia intermedia, Kowalskia magna, Kowalskia moldavica, Kowalskia nestori, Kowalskia similis, Kowalskia yinanensis, Kowalskia zhengi, Neocricetodon ambarrensis, Neocricetodon fahlbuschi, Neocricetodon grangeri, Neocricetodon lavocati, Neocricetodon occidentalis, Neocricetodon polonicus, Neocricetodon sesae, Neocricetodon skofleki
Type: Kowalskia polonica
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore