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Mesocricetus
Sign in to saveMesocricetus is a genus of Old World hamsters, including the Syrian or golden hamster, the first hamster to be introduced as a domestic pet, and still the most popular species of hamster for that purpose.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyCricetidae
Mesocricetus est un genre de rongeurs de la famille des Cricétidés. Ce genre comprend quatre espèces. Liste des espèces Selon ITIS (22 décembre 2016)[1] et Mammal Species of the World (version 3, 2005) (22 décembre 2016)[2] : Mesocricetus auratus (Waterhouse, 1839) - Hamster doré, Hamster syrien ou Hamster de Syrie Mesocricetus brandti (Nehring, 1898) - Hamster de Turquie Mesocricetus newtoni (Nehring, 1898) - Hamster de Roumanie Mesocricetus raddei (Nehring, 1894) - Hamster du Daghestan Notes et références ↑ Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS), www.itis.gov, CC0 https://doi.org/10.5066/F7KH0KBK, consulté le 22 décembre 2016 ↑ Mammal Species of the World (version 3, 2005), consulté le 22 décembre 2016
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 27
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, TTU, UCOCV, USNM, NMMNHS, CALPOLY
- Recorded in
- Israel, United States, Locality Unknown, Armenia
Research
22,446 papers- Validation of assays to monitor immune responses in the Syrian golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus).Journal of immunological methods · 2011
- [Myxosarcoma in the cervical region in a teddy bear hamster (Mesocricetus auratus)].Tierarztliche Praxis. Ausgabe K, Kleintiere/Heimtiere · 2023
- Organomegaly, lethargy, and hind limb trembling in a 3-year-old intact male Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus).Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 2022
- Hamsters' (Mesocricetus auratus) memory in a radial maze analog: the role of spatial versus olfactory cues.Journal of comparative psychology (Washington, D.C. : 1983) · 2012
- Sex-dependent effects of social status on the regulation of arginine-vasopressin (AVP) V1a, oxytocin (OT), and serotonin (5-HT) 1A receptor binding and aggression in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).Hormones and behavior · 2021
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Mesocricetus is a genus of Old World hamsters, including the Syrian or golden hamster, the first hamster to be introduced as a domestic pet, and still the most popular species of hamster for that purpose.
Recent research has shown that, unlike almost all other land mammals studied, all species of this genus lack the capacity for color vision.
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