The Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) is a small rodent belonging to the hamster subfamily, Cricetinae. In 1930, Professor Aharoni captured a female Syrian hamster (otherwise called Golden or Teddy bear hamster) with her twelve pups in Aleppo...
The Turkish hamster (Mesocricetus brandti ), also referred to as Brandt's hamster, Azerbaijani hamster, or avurtlak, is a species of hamster native to Turkey, Armenia and other surrounding nations. The Turkish hamster, first catalogued in 1878, is a...
The Romanian hamster or Dobrudja hamster (Mesocricetus newtoni ) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Bulgaria and Romania.
The Ciscaucasian hamster (Mesocricetus raddei ) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is also known as the Georgian hamster and is found only in Georgia and Russia.
