中仓鼠属，哺乳纲、囓齿目、仓鼠科的一属，而与中仓鼠属（罗马尼亚中仓鼠）同科的动物尚有毛足鼠属（小毛足鼠）、大仓鼠属（大仓鼠）、原仓鼠属（原仓鼠）、仓鼠属（高山仓鼠）等之数种哺乳动物。

中仓鼠属的物种有：

Mesocricetus is a genus of Old World hamsters, including the golden hamster or Syrian hamster, the first hamster to be introduced as a domestic pet and still the most popular species for that purpose.

Recent research has shown, unlike almost all other land mammals studied, two species of this genus (M. auratus and M. brandti) lack the capacity for colour vision.