Cosmic Colin: Hairy Hamster Horror

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This species can cross-breed with Campbell’s hamsters, so it’s difficult to find a 100% Winter White Dwarf hamster. 5. Chinese Hamster They Grey Dwarf hamster has an average body length of 4 inches with a furry tail that’s about 1/3 of that length. Its fur is brownish-grey with white underparts. It also has large ears and a flattened skull.

It’s found in China and Mongolia where it lives in burrows beneath desert shrubbery. 18. Tibetan Dwarf Hamster Hamsters belong to the subfamily Cricetinae, which contains 19 different species of hamsters that fall under 7 genera. These hamsters come from different geographical regions and have different physical attributes and behaviors. It has an average body length of about 3.9 inches with a short snout, wide-set eyes, and dark rounded eyes. In terms of color, it’s mostly a light greyish-brown with a faint stripe on the spine. 7. Ciscaucasian Hamster This nocturnal species lives solitarily in complex burrows where it stashes and eats seeds, legumes, vegetables, grasses, and insects. 17. Sokolov’s Dwarf HamsterWhile most dwarf species are limited in their colors, this species can come in a wide variety of different colors and sheens. They’re also very bold, friendly, active, and fun to watch. Although hamsters share similar qualities, they do differ in how they behave to their appearance and more. Some hamsters are more playful but are difficult to handle while others are calmer and do better when being held. Another thing to consider is how they are housed. For example, the Syrian Hamster is a larger hamster that is territorial while the Dwarf Campbell Russian can live with others of the same sex. Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) belongs to the Cricitinae family of hamsters and is commonly known as the golden hamster. These animals originated in Syria and are naturally found in the arid, temperate southeast Europe and Asia Minor ( 5). Syrian hamsters currently used as laboratory animals originated from a litter captured in 1930 ( 5, 6). There is mounting evidence that the Syrian hamster is highly similar to humans in anatomy, physiology, and pathology ( 7– 9). Their similarity is especially valuable in terms of the similarity of pathophysiology, i.e the occurrence, development, symptoms, pathology, and outcomes of disease ( 10). Syrian hamsters have a short reproductive cycle, are docile, and are easy to raise and handle ( 8, 11). It has an average body length of about 4.3 inches with a tail that’s at least 1/3 of that length. It has a sandy brown dorsal coloraing with a greyish-white ventral coloring. Coloration is relatively muted, with a sandy brownish-grey dorsal coloring and light grey ventral coloring. 16. Romanian Hamster

This is a very energetic and wild species, meaning that it isn’t great for children or people that want to handle their hamster frequently. Therefore, they’re best to just observe, and fortunately they put on quite a show.This species digs burrows as deep as 5 feet beneath the ground. It doesn’t hibernate, so year-round it forages for roots, plants, seeds, and hunts insects. 13. Kam Dwarf Hamster There are essentially only 5 types of hamsters are kept as pets. Those are the Syrian, Campbell’s Dwarf, Roborovski Dwarf, Winter White Dwarf, and Chinese hamsters. These are domesticated hamsters that are commonly found in pet stores and are suitable for pet ownership.

Despite its name, this hamster species is found in India, Nepal, and China in addition to Tibet. It prefers mountainous regions, living in altitudes of up to 17,100 feet.This very tiny dwarf hamster isn’t actually a true dwarf, but it does only grow to about 3 inches in length.