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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.
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 ...
Campbell's dwarf hamster; R. Roborovski dwarf hamster; W. Winter white dwarf hamster This page was last edited on 2 April 2018, at 20:21 (UTC). ...
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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 ...
Urocricetus kamensis - Kam dwarf hamster, native to the Chinese provinces of Gansu and Qinghai and the autonomous regions of Tibet and Xinjiang The species Cricetulus lama and Cricetulus tibetanus are recognized as valid by the IUCN [ 3 ] [ 4 ] but considered a synonym of Urocricetus kamensis by the American Society of Mammalogists . [ 5 ]
A. I. Argiropulo, in 1933, changed the name to priority sungorus [7] and determined the hamster as a subspecies of Campbell's dwarf hamster called Phodopus sungorus sungorus. [8] Today winter white dwarf hamsters and Campbell's dwarf hamsters are considered separate species, with the winter white officially known as Phodopus sungorus.
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]