Browsing Archive: September, 2009
Posted by Bebs0219 on Tuesday, September 29, 2009,
The European Hamster, Cricetus cricetus, also known as the Black-bellied Hamster or Common Hamster, is a species of hamster native to Europe. It is typically found in low-lying farmland with soft loam or loess soils, although it may also inhabit meadows, gardens, or hedges. It is widely considered a farmland pest, and has also been trapped for its fur. The black-bellied hamster is found from Belgium (e.g. Bertem with a thriving population) and Alsace in the west, to Russia in the east, and R... Continue reading ...
Chinese Hamster
Posted by on Tuesday, September 29, 2009,
The Chinese Hamster is a species of hamster, scientific names Cricetulus griseus, which originates in the deserts of northern China and Mongolia. DescriptionThese animals grow to between 7.5 and 9 cm in length and as adults can weigh 50-75 grams. They live two to three years on average. The Chinese hamster is often kept as a pet or (in the past) as a laboratory animal.
A Chinese hamster's body proportions, compared with those of other hamsters, appear "long and thin" and they have (for a hamste... Continue reading ...
Chinese Striped Hamster
Posted by on Tuesday, September 29, 2009,
The Chinese Striped Hamster (Cricetulus barabensis), also known as the Striped Dwarf Hamster, is a species of hamster. It is distributed across Northern Asia, from southern Siberia through Mongolia and northeastern China to northern North Korea. An adult Chinese Striped Hamster weighs 16.7-31.0g, and has a body length of 74.2-103.6 mm with a tail of 21-36 mm. It is smaller and has a much shorter tail than the Greater Long-tailed Hamster, Tscherskia triton, which inhabits much of the same ran... Continue reading ...
Ratlike Hamster
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The ratlike hamsters are a group of hamsters that inhabit arid or semi-arid regions in Eurasia. T... Continue reading ...
Winter White Russian Dwarf Hamster
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Winter White Russian hamsters are a species of Hamster in the genus Phodopus. They ar... Continue reading ...
Campbell's Dwarf Hamster
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Campbell's Russian dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) is a species of dwarf hamster. It was discovered by W.C. Campbell in 1902 in Tuva, an area that has historically been geog... Continue reading ...
Dwarf Hamster
Posted by on Tuesday, September 29, 2009,
The dwarf hamsters represent a group of small hamsters in the genus Phodopus. Although they do not belong to this genus, the Chinese Hamster is often referred to as a dwarf hamster as well.
Species
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Syrian Hamster
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The Syrian Hamster or Golden Hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, is a very well-known member of the rodent subfamily Cricetinae, the ... Continue reading ...
Hamsters in General
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HamsterHamsters are rodents belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. The subfamily contains about 24 species, classified in six or seven genera.[1] Hamsters a... Continue reading ...
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