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A male black hamster. The Black colour was imported to the UK in 1991. [1] Before then, Sables were referred to as black, but are lighter than the actual Black hamsters. Black hamsters have a consistent jet black coat, with some white on the paws and belly. The Black gene is recessive, which is why the variation was not discovered until recently.
A long-haired male golden hamster. A solitary species, Syrian hamsters are very territorial and intolerant of each other; attacks against each other are commonplace. Exceptions do occur, usually when a female and male meet when the female is in heat, but even so, the female may attack the male after mating.
A Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus autatus) standing in exercise wheel. The best-known species of hamster is the golden or Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), which is the type most commonly kept as pets. There are numerous Syrian hamster variations including long-haired varieties and different colors.
Mesocricetus is a genus of Old World hamsters, including the Syrian or golden hamster, the first hamster to be introduced as a domestic pet, and still the most popular species of hamster for that purpose. Recent research has shown that, unlike almost all other land mammals studied, all species of this genus lack the capacity for color vision. [2]
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The hamster has no fully accepted common name, but winter white dwarf hamster and Russian dwarf hamster are among the most often used. Confusion arises because of their physical similarity to Campbell's dwarf hamster ; consequently, the name Djungarian hamster and Russian dwarf can refer to both winter white and Campbell's dwarf hamsters.
The Syrian hamster's natural habitat is in a small region of Northwest Syria near the city of Aleppo. [1] It was first described by science in the 1797 second edition of The Natural History of Aleppo, a book written and edited by two Scottish physicians living in Syria. [2] The Syrian hamster was first recognized as a distinct species in 1839. [3]