How many kinds of hamsters are there?

1, short-tailed hamster

Nicknamed ehrlich Hamster and Short Eared Hamster. Short-tailed hamster is short and stout, with short limbs, round ears, short tail, tawny and grayish back, and the base of Mao Mao is grayish black.

Short-tailed hamster, nocturnal, mostly starts to move from dusk to dawn, mainly eating plant food, but also eating animal food, living in desert grassland areas, distributed in parts of Eurasia.

2.Roborowski hamster

Hairy-footed mouse is a kind of hairy-footed mouse of Hamster subfamily. A smaller species in Kanik. Short limbs. The tail is short and slightly exposed. There are white dense hairs on the palms and soles of the front and rear limbs. The back is gray camel. The abdomen is white. The color boundary of body side, back and abdomen is obvious and slightly straight. Gentle, sensitive and good at running. More night activities.

It feeds on seeds, fruits, roots and leaves of plants and has the habit of storing grains. Mainly inhabit desert, semi-desert, sand dunes with sparse grassland vegetation, or bushes between sand dunes. China, Kazakstan, Mongolia and Russian Federation.

3. Chinese character hairy-footed mouse

Campbell Hamster, also known as Hamster, is a small race of Hamster subfamily, with an average body length of 102 mm and an average mass of 23.4 g. There are cheek pouches on both sides of the cheek, which can temporarily store food in the mouth and transport it to the cave for storage. Small eyes, hairy ears and exposed ears. There are sebaceous glands behind the ears. Short legs, wide feet and short tail.

The natural habitat of temperate terrestrial Nocturnal Animals is very large, and undeveloped deserts, grasslands and high mountains can be found at an altitude of 2000m. The diet is mainly seeds and plants, and it is known to feed on insects. The average life span ranges from 1.5 to 3 years. China, Kazakstan, Mongolian and Russian.

4.gakaria hamster

That is, the black-haired mouse, a small race of hamster subfamily. The body length is generally less than 100 mm, the skull is long and narrow, the skull is round and the back and abdomen are slightly flat. The tail and limbs are short. The hair on the back of the body is gray-brown, and there are obvious brown-black longitudinal stripes in the center of the back. The coat color on the side of the body has a clear dividing line between the back and abdomen, which is wavy. The palms and soles of the four feet are densely covered with white hair, and the palm pads are hidden and invisible.

Habitat in arid grassland and desert grassland. Feed on plants, dig roots in spring, chew plant leaves and stems in summer, and feed on plant seeds and stored seeds in winter. They also prey on insects in summer and autumn. It is distributed in Russia, southern Siberia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia, northern Hebei Province of China and most parts of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

5.golden hamster

Also known as Syrian hamster. Golden hamster has a blunt nose and mouth, relatively small eyes, large ears and short tail, about 1.5 cm long. The hair is golden yellow, the center of the back is dark, black stripes can be seen under the ears, there are black parts on the forehead, and black stripes extend from the cheek pouch to the neck on both sides of the face.

Terrestrial nocturnal omnivores in temperate regions feed on crops and insects and mainly exist in cultivated land of annual crops. The average life expectancy in the field is 1~2 years, and that in captivity is 2~4 years.

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