Habits of three-line hamster

1, active at night, out of the hole after dusk, stop ground activities before sunrise, and the activities are most frequent in the evening and at dawn;

2, often along a certain route, the range of activities is small, generally within tens of meters, but at most 100 meters;

3, timid by nature, in case of disturbance, quickly sneak into the grass to hide, after a while, when there is no danger, carefully return to the original place;

4. Strong cold resistance, and activities in the cave can still be seen in winter evening;

5. Caves are shallow and simple in structure, and are often built on the slopes of sand dunes. Tunnels and nests are shallow from the ground, tunnels are short, and nests and warehouses are at the end. There are 1-3 holes, and there are 5 holes with a diameter of about 30mm, which have the habit of plugging holes after entering them.

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Related characteristics of three-line hamster:

1, race of Hamster subfamily. The body length is 75- 100 mm, rarely reaching110 mm;

2. The snout is short and wide, the cleft of the mouth is small, the ears are round and obvious, the tail of limbs is short, and the tail length is generally shorter than the ear length, which is about1/8-110 of the body length;

3. The dorsal and ventral surfaces of the palms, metatarsals and toes are covered with long white hairs, and the palm pads are hidden.

4. coat color: the back of the body is grayish brown from the snout to the back of the body, the gray of young individuals is slightly brown and the adult individuals are slightly brown, and the color of the nose and forehead is slightly lighter. There is a brown-black stripe along the midline of the back, and the stripes of adults are heavier in brown, especially behind the shoulders. The base of the back hair is dark gray, accounting for about 2/3 of the hair length, and the hair tail is brown and the hair tip is brown and black.

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