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The Roborovski hamster (Phodopus roborovskii), also known as the desert hamster, Robo dwarf hamster or simply dwarf hamster is the smallest of three species of hamster in the genus Phodopus, and is native to the deserts of Central Asia.
Burmese python (Python bivittatus) including subspecies dwarf Burmese python (P. b. progschai) [78] [79] date uncertain Myanmar, Thailand, Bali, Java, Sulawesi: meat, skins, medicine, pets Captive-bred 3a Serpentes: Campbell's (Phodopus campbelli), winter white (P. sungorus) and Roborovski dwarf hamsters (P. roborovskii) Domesticated the 1960s
desert hamster [7] [12] Roborovski (dwarf) hamster Roborovski's desert hamster [17] Robo (dwarf) hamster. Below is a key to the four species of dwarf hamster commonly kept as pets. Some dwarf hamsters are albino, in which case they will be primarily white and the fur colour characteristics will not serve to distinguish them. The characteristics ...
Hamsters first gained popularity as pets in the 1930s, with virtually all modern Syrian hamsters (the most common pet species) tracing their lineage back to a single litter of hamsters taken to Palestine for scientific research in 1930. Shortly thereafter, in 1938, hamsters were introduced to the United States. [17] Dwarf hamsters are also ...
This genus is a sister taxa to the desert hamster genus Phodopus. [2] As of 2024, two closely related species are recognized in this genus: [2] Urocricetus alticola - Ladakh dwarf hamster, native to the western Nepal, northern India, and the Chinese autonomous region of Tibet
Roborovski's dwarf hamster (Phodopus roborovskii) of the Cricetinae. The cricetids first evolved in the Old World during the Early Oligocene. [2] [3] They soon adapted to a wide range of habitats, and spread throughout the world. The voles and lemmings arose later, during the Pliocene, and rapidly diversified during the Pleistocene. [4]
Skull of a European hamster Skeleton. The European hamster has brown dorsal fur with white patches. The chest and belly are black. The tail is short and furred. It is much larger than the Syrian (Mesocricetus auratus) or dwarf hamsters (Phodopus sp.), which are commonly kept as pets, and is the largest known species of hamster. It weighs 220 ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Ethiopia. There are 279 mammal species in Ethiopia , of which five are critically endangered, eight are endangered, twenty-seven are vulnerable, and twelve are near threatened.