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Desert hamster
Maximum longevity : 5 years
Female maturity :243 days
Gestation : 21 days
Weaning : 19 days
Litter size : 6
Litters per year : 4
Weight at birth : 0.001 kg (0.0022 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 0.018 kg (0.0396 lbs)
Desert hamster
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Cricetinae
Species : Phodopus roborovskii
The Desert hamster is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the desert hamster
A young / baby of a desert hamster is called a 'pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A desert hamster group is called a 'horde'.
Facts about the desert hamster
The third species, Phodopus roborovski (Satunin, 1903), the ”Desert hamster”, is rarely used as a laboratory animal and is so different in its habitus from the two other Phodopus species that it cannot be mistaken (Ross 1994).
Desert Hamster or Phodopus roborovskii is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . (Full text)
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De Roborovski dwerghamster (Phodopus roborovskii) is ook een kortstaartdwerghamster, maar met zijn geelbruine kleur en opvallende snor heeft hij een heel ander uiterlijk dan de beide andere kortstaartjes. (Full text)
The Siberian dwarf hamster, or small desert hamster, is represented by two species, P. (Full text)
De Roborovski dwerghamster De Roborovski dwerghamster (Phodopus roborovskii) is een kortstaartdwerghamster, maar met zijn geelbruine kleur en opvallende snor heeft hij een heel ander uiterlijk dan de beide andere kortstaartjes. (Full text)
‘Phodopus Roborovskii’ is the scientific name for this particular species of dwarf hamsters. (Full text)
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Roborovski dwerghamster De Roborovski dwerghamster (Phodopus roborovskii) is ook een kortstaartdwerghamster, maar met zijn geelbruine kleur en opvallende snor heeft hij een heel ander uiterlijk dan de ander dwerghamstertjes. (Full text)
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