preying on other rodents as well as on lizards and small birds, although their diet is mostly vegetarian. Other hamsters are found in Europe and Asia, and species of the hamster genusMystromys,called white-tailed rats, are found in Africa. Hamsters are classified in the phylumChordata, sub...
4 European and Middle Eastern species. GenusPhodopus(dwarf desert hamsters) 3 Asian species. GenusAllocricetulus(Mongolian hamsters) 2 Asian species. GenusCansumys(Gansu hamster) 1 species from northeastern China (Kansu province), known only from 3 specimens collected during the 20th century. ...
It inhabits grasslands up to two miles above sea level and feeds on seeds and roots. As the only member of its genus (Cansumys), it is often referred to as “the lone hamster.” Greater Long-Tailed Hamster –The Greater Long-Tailed hamster is a hamster species in Northern China. It ...
Cricetus,genus Cricetus- type genus of the Cricetidae: Old World hamsters Cricetus cricetus,Eurasian hamster- a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia golden hamster,Mesocricetus auratus,Syrian hamster- small light-colored hamster often kept as a pet ...
A. 1980. Chromosomal interrelation- ship of hamster species of the genus Mesocricetus. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics 28: 10-23.Popescu, N.C., DiPaolo, J,A.: Chromosomal interrelationships of hamster species of the genus Mesocricetus. Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 28, 1(~23 (1980)...
Golden hamsters and other hamster species in the Mesocricetus genus all have the shortest gestation period of any known placental mammal at about 16 days. Although gestation can last up to 21 days, it usually results in complications. The lifespan of the Syrian hamster is 2-3 years with a ...
The golden hamster is one of four living species in the genusMesocricetus, but there are several other genera that belong to the hamster subfamily (Cricetinae), which is classified in the mouse family (Muridae) of the orderRodentia. Other members of the genusMesocricetusareBrandt’s hamster (M...
noun A murine or myomorphic rodent quadruped, of the family Muridœ and subfamily Cricetinæ, and of one of the genera Cricetus, Cricetomys, and Saccostomus. noun Some other pouched rodent, as of the genus Geomys, more or less resembling a hamster. from the GNU version of the Colla...
Viruses for which one should routinely screen include, but are not limited to, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), the Protoparvovirus genus, murine pneumonia virus (MPnV), Mammalian orthoreovirus (reovirus type 3; Reo 3), and Sendai virus (SV) (Mulder, 2012). Multiple groups have ...
Viruses for which one should routinely screen include, but are not limited to, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), the Protoparvovirus genus, murine pneumonia virus (MPnV), Mammalian orthoreovirus (reovirus type 3; Reo 3), and Sendai virus (SV) (Mulder, 2012). Multiple groups have ...