How to choose hamsters in flower and bird market

Hello, I'm glad I just asked you to choose something with bright colors. Fat, lively and active. The coat color is good and there is no damage.

Hamster subfamily (scientific name: Hamster subfamily): Taxonomically, it is a subfamily of Kanik. There are 7 genera 18 species, among which there are 3 genera and 8 species in China, commonly known as hamster. Except hamsters distributed in Central Asia, there are cheek pouches on both sides of the mortar cheeks, which can temporarily store food in the mouth and transport it to caves for storage, so it is also called hamster and warehouse. Small eyes, hairy ears and exposed ears. The body length varies from 50 mm to 340 mm, with short legs, wide feet and short tail. Temperate terrestrial animals are most common in open areas. [ 1]

The subordinate species, the Romanian hamster (scientific name: Mesocricetus newtoni), is listed in the IUCN IUCN 2008 Red List of Endangered Species, VER 3. 1- Vulnerable (VU)[2].

Golden hamster (scientific name: Mesocricetus auratus) was listed in IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Endangered Species in 2008, VER 3. 1- Endangered (EU). [3]

They are distributed in Europe, Africa and northern Asia. [ 1]

Habitat in grassland, farmland, desert, hills and valleys.

Habitat, living habits, distribution range, species and population status under breeding mode, protection level, artificial feeding

morphological character

Hamsters are small to large rodents. Short and thick, weighing 30 ~1000g. The tail length varies from 7 ~ 106mm, which is generally half of the body length, without scales, covered with dense hair, and a few species (such as desert hamsters) are very short, less than half of the hind feet; In some species, females are larger than males. The color of tail hair varies greatly, generally gray, taupe or sandy brown. The original hamster has bright fur, reddish-brown back and black abdomen. Hamsters have long and thick hair. Their backs are gray, pink, light yellow, light brown or reddish brown, and their bellies are white, gray or black. Their flanks are usually white, and some have stripes and sebaceous glands in the middle.

The odontoid process of molar is tumor-like and arranged in two rows, and the left and right odontoid processes are not opposite or almost opposite. Hamsters have a double-cavity stomach, and most of them have no gallbladder. Their large intestine and cecum are quite complicated. The diploid chromosome number of hamster is between 20 and 44. A spine with 13 thoracic vertebrae and 6 lumbar vertebrae.

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