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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 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. It lives in the deserts of Central Asia, averaging 2 cm (0.8 in) at birth and 5 cm (2.0 in) and 20–25 g (0.71–0.88 oz) during adulthood. [ 3 ]
Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) is the most common—they are also sometimes called "Russian dwarfs"; however, many hamsters are from Russia, so this ambiguous name does not distinguish them from other species appropriately.
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 ...
the Russian winter white dwarf hamster (Phodopus sungorus This page was last edited on 28 November 2011, at 19:50 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
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Cricetulus griseus - Chinese hamster; Cricetulus lama - Lama dwarf hamster; Cricetulus longicaudatus - long-tailed ratlike hamster; Cricetulus sokolovi - Sokolov's ratlike hamster; Genus Cricetus. Cricetus cricetus - European hamster or black-bellied hamster; Genus Mesocricetus. Mesocricetus auratus - golden hamster; Mesocricetus brandti ...
The binomial name of Campbell's dwarf hamster is Phodopus campbelli.This species is the type species of Cricetiscus (named by Thomas in 1917, and now considered a synonym of Phodopus), and is named after C. W. Campbell, who first collected it on July 1, 1902, in Inner Mongolia.