The golden hamster or Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) is a rodent belonging to the hamster subfamily, Cricetinae. Their natural geographical range...

color vision. Mesocricetus auratus: Golden hamster or Syrian hamster Mesocricetus brandti: Turkish hamster or Brandt's hamster Mesocricetus newtoni: Romanian...

The best-known species of hamster is the golden or Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), which is the type most commonly kept as a pet. Other hamster species...

Species labelled auratus include: The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus The goldfish, Carassius auratus The golden hamster, Mesocricetus auratus A fish called...

Syrian hamster behavior refers to the ethology of the Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus). Syrian hamsters have a sleep cycle that lasts about 10 to 12 minutes...

Hamster polyomavirus (abbreviated HaPyV or HaPV, officially known as Mesocricetus auratus polyomavirus 1) is an unenveloped double-stranded DNA virus of the...

The tail is short and furred. It is much larger than the Syrian (Mesocricetus auratus) or dwarf hamsters (Phodopus sp.), which are commonly kept as pets...

squirrels, just like a hamster cage. Choice tests with Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) have shown that they prefer larger wheels; the animals chose a wheel...

established the genus Mesocricetus and redefined the Syrian hamster as Mesocricetus auratus. Publication in 1940 confirmed that Mesocricetus was a well-characterized...

The Turkish hamster (Mesocricetus brandti), also referred to as Brandt's hamster, Azerbaijani hamster, or avurtlak, is a species of hamster native to Turkey...