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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.
White-from-white-faced or dark-eared white — a combination of the dominant white-faced gene and the husky gene that produces a white hamster that retains a greyish undercoat and ears. White-from-pied or pure white — is allegedly a combination of the two pied genes producing a white hamster. Note that two recessive pied genes do not make white.
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 in brackets will allow ...
Chinese hamsters, dwarf hamsters, winter white hamsters, Roborovski hamsters, and Cambell's dwarf hamsters are all species that can safely be kept together. If you are going to have these hamsters ...
[3] [4] The dorsal stripe of Campbell's dwarf hamster is narrower, shorter, and darker than that of the Djungarian hamster, and the fur on the stomach of Campbell's dwarf hamster is grey, but it is white on the Djungarian hamster. [5] Campbell's dwarf hamster does not turn white in the winter and has a grey tint to its fur.
The winter white dwarf hamster A winter white dwarf hamster P. roborovski. The Roborovski hamster P. campbelli. The Campbell's dwarf hamster. Taxonomists generally disagree about the most appropriate placement of the subfamily Cricetinae within the superfamily Muroidea.
Dwarf hamster may refer to: . A member of any of the three species of genus Phodopus: . Campbell's dwarf hamster; Djungarian hamster; Roborovski hamster; A member of certain species of genera Cricetulus, Nothocricetulus, or Urocricetus:
Cricetulus is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae (voles and hamsters); it has seven member species that inhabit arid or semi-arid regions in Eurasia. They tend to be more ratlike in appearance than typical hamsters, hence the common name ratlike hamster. Many of the species are considered dwarf hamsters.