The species of genus Phodopus are the smallest, with bodies long ; the largest is the European hamster ( Cricetus cricetus ), measuring up to long, not including a short tail of up to.

When seen from above, a sexually mature female hamster has a trim tail line ; a male's tail line bulges on both sides.

The Chinese hamster ( Cricetulus griseus ), although not technically a true " dwarf hamster ", is the only hamster with a prehensile tail ( about 4 cm long ) — most hamsters have very short, nonprehensile tails.

Mouse-like hamster using its tail for balance while standing on a branch ( a feat difficult for hamsters ).

The head length of the Djungarian hamster is 70 to 90 millimetres in length, the length of the tail is five to 15 millimetres, and the hind legs are 11 to 15 millimetres.

Although they can survive on a diet of exclusively commercial hamster food, other items, such as vegetables, fruits, seeds, and nuts, can be given, but these should be removed before they become rotten.

This can even cause obesity in the hamster.

To help her, she enlists the aid of the only bounty hunter she can afford, a talking blue hamster named Marion.

He obtained the organs of Icelandic animals from sources around the country, with acquisitions ranging from the front tip of a blue whale's penis to the penis bone of a hamster, which can only be seen with a magnifying glass.

This hamster burrows in the ground for shelter, and its burrows can be 20 inches to 6 feet below the ground surface.

Normal colourationPearl colourationSapphire colourationThe coat of the Djungarian hamster is less woolly than that of the Campbell's dwarf hamster, and apart from the normal colouring, they can be coloured sapphire, sapphire pearl, or normal pearl.

The average lifespan of the Djungarian hamster is one to three years of age in captivity, though they can live longer.

The Djungarian hamster digs tunnels one metre deep leading to ground burrows where they can sleep, raise their young and hide from predators.

The lowest tolerated temperature from a laboratory experiment showed that Campbell's dwarf hamster can resist temperatures as low as, where the Djungarian hamster can withstand temperatures as low as.

As an omnivore, Campbell's dwarf hamster can eat a variety of foods.

Whether a mottled hamster has ruby eyes ( which often appear black ) can be difficult to determine ; pointing a flashlight at the hamster in the dark may reveal the hint of ruby.

The only other known types are canine transmissible venereal tumour ( CTVT ), which is passed between dogs via sexual activity and has been known to science for about 100 years, and contagious reticulum cell sarcoma of the Syrian hamster, which can be transmitted from one Syrian hamster to another by means of the bite of the mosquito Aedes aegypti.

The female Roborovski hamster can bite an owner if she is handled while she is heavily pregnant.

The episode ended by showing Vyvyan's hamster, SPG, floating on a discarded McEwan's lager can on the flood waters, as if to prove he had survived Vyvyan's angry outburst which led to him throwing him outside.

Choice tests with Syrian hamsters ( Mesocricetus auratus ) have shown that they prefer larger wheels ; the animals chose a wheel diameter of 35 cm ( 14 in ) over 23 cm ( 9 in ), which itself was preferred over 17. 5 cm ( 7 in ). An arched back is not a natural position for a running hamster, and if a wheel is so small that the animal must arch its back while using it, then the wheel needs to be replaced with a bigger one although the younger Syrians can use a small wheel while they are still small.

A related toy, the hamster ball, is a plastic ball into which a pet can be temporarily locked.

If food is plentiful, they store it in large amounts ; of grain was reported to be found in the burrow of a single hamster.

She is a professional " evil witch ", who was present at Princess Sandy of Brokenrock's christening, and cursed her to be stunned by a falling hamster on her eighteenth birthday.

Ebichu is sometimes joked by fans to be the complete polar opposite of Hamtaro, a popular children's anime featuring a hamster in more wholesome adventures.

The Turkish hamster, first catalogued in 1878, is a fairly close relative of the Syrian or golden hamster, though far less is known about it, and it is rarely kept as a pet ( some sources state the hamster is not kept widely as a pet while others simply say it cannot be kept as a pet due to its aggressive nature.

The population of the Turkish hamster is said to be declining in the wild, yet this hamster is often used in laboratory testing.

The Turkish hamster is considered to be the most aggressive of the two, but this could be because the other species has been domesticated.

The first story arc of the series involves fuzzies gathering from around the world for a HackMaster tournament that ends up turning into a war against an insane hamster toy named HamaEstra and his army of robots that appear to be arts & crafts projects made by kindergarteners.

The Zagros Mountains Mouse-like Hamster ( Calomyscus bailwardi ) is a relatively little-known rodent which was the first species of mouse-like hamster to be described.

In Mongolia, they may be found yurts during the winter to keep warm as they do not have thermoregulation like the Djungarian hamster.

Commercially available hamster foods typically contain a mix of dry grains, nuts, and seeds that may be fortified with vitamins and minerals.

Unless an individual hamster's ancestry is known to be free of the illness, a Campbell's dwarf hamster should never be fed any foods high in refined sugar ( including yogurt drops and many mass-manufactured treats.

The Roborovski hamster ( Phodopus roborovskii ) is extremely small and fast, making it difficult to keep as a pet.

If a male and female Djungarian hamster are not housed together from a young age, it is difficult to tell if the female is willing to breed with the male.

Some examples are in improving crop technology ( not a medical application per se ; see BioSystems Engineering ), the manufacture of synthetic human insulin through the use of modified bacteria, the manufacture of erythropoietin in hamster ovary cells, and the production of new types of experimental mice such as the oncomouse ( cancer mouse ) for research.

Canadian art student Deidre LaCarte, who was competing with her best friend and sister to see who could generate the most traffic, designed the Hampster Dance in August 1998 as homage to her pet hamster, named " Hampton Hamster.

Basil tries to ask Manuel for a hammer, but he gives up after Manuel thinks that Basil wants a ham sandwich or wants to see his hamster, Basil leaves to get it himself.

Use of clear plastics also make it easy to see the hamster scuttling around the various pods and tunnels.

The name " hamster " is a loanword from the German, which itself derives from earlier Old High German hamustro.

It is possibly related to Old Russian choměstrǔ, which is either a blend of the root of Russian khomiak " hamster " and a Baltic word ( cf.

The Angora hamster, also known as the long-haired or teddy bear hamster, which is a type of the golden hamster is the second-largest hamster breed, measuring up to long.

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

It is also sometimes called a " fancy " hamster.

Campbell's dwarf hamster ( Phodopus campbelli ) is the most common — they are also sometimes called " Russian dwarfs "; however, many hamsters are from Russia, so this ambiguous name does not distinguish them from other species appropriately.

One extinct hamster of Cricetus, for example, lived in North Africa during the Middle Miocene, but the only extant member of that genus is the European or common hamster of Eurasia.