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Hamster shows feature an exhibition of the hamsters participating in the judging. [28] The judging of hamsters usually includes a goal of promoting hamsters which conform to natural or established varieties of hamsters. [28] By awarding hamsters which match standard hamster types, hamster shows encourage planned and careful hamster breeding. [28]
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]
The European hamster (Cricetus cricetus), also known as the Eurasian hamster, [3] black-bellied hamster [4] or common hamster, [5] [6] [1] is the only species of hamster in the genus Cricetus. [2] It is native to grassland and similar habitats in a large part of Eurasia, extending from Belgium to the Altai Mountains and Yenisey River in Russia. [7]
The golden hamster or Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) is a rodent belonging to the hamster subfamily, Cricetinae. [2] Their natural geographical range is in an arid region of northern Syria and southern Turkey. Their numbers have been declining in the wild due to a loss of habitat from agriculture and deliberate elimination by humans. [1]
Phodopus, a genus of rodents in the hamster subfamily Cricetinae—a division of the larger family Cricetidae—is a lineage of small hamsters native to central Asia that display unusual adaptations to extreme temperatures. They are the only known hamsters that live in groups and, in some cases, rely on significant contributions by males to the ...
Hamster, The Hoarder. Your hamster’s cute cheeks are more functional than you think. According to the Journal of Aging and Biological Rhythms, the hamsters’ name is derived from the German ...
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.
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