Hamster in a cup. In a festive winter holiday hat. Appearing on your dashboard near midnight Christmas Eve.... could it be THE jolly gift-giving hamster-in-a-cup who is Santa’s secret right-hand-ham??? It does look like they are eating a wafer cookie you left out for Santa!!!
It has a dark grey dorsal stripe and furry feet. In winter the dark fur is almost entirely replaced with white fur. This adaptation helps them to evade predators in the snow-covered steppes. In captivity, this does not usually happen. The length is 7–9 cm. Body weight changes dramatically throughout the year, from 19 to 45 g.
The hamster digs tunnels one meter deep leading to ground burrows, most of them have six entrances. To keep the burrow warm in the winter, the hamster closes all but one entrance and lines the burrows with animal fur or wool.
They are common as pets and are known to be one of the most tameable types of hamsters. Out of hamsters kept commonly as pets, only Campbell's dwarf hamster and the winter white dwarf hamster are able to interbreed and produce live hybrid offspring.
Roborovski hamster (Phodopus roborovskii)
Distinguishing characteristics of the Roborovskis are eyebrow-like white spots and the lack of any dorsal stripe.
They are found in desert regions, averaging at 4.8 cm and 12–24 g. They inhabit areas of loose sand and sparse vegetation and live at elevations of around 1,200–1,450 meters. They dig and live in burrows with steep tunnels as deep as six feet underground. In the wild they are most active at dawn and dusk.
They are omnivorous; primarily eat grains, vegetables, fruit, and plants, but they will also eat meat and insects when present. Roborovski hamsters remain underground in winter and survive in that season by stockpiling food and storing it in special food chambers within their burrow system.
Currently, 10 variations of Roborovski hamsters are thought to exist. They have become increasingly popular as pets in recent years.
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The Winter White Dwarf Hamster was added to the collection to aid with engagement for folk who have pets.
That said this species is one of 3 of its Genus and reaches 3-4 inch in length. Sources claim that this particular species of Dwarf Hamster is one of the easiest to tame. Whilst being housed at pets they have a brown fur with a darker brown stripe down the back.
Which begs the question why is it called Winter White. Well that is because in the wild during winter months across Mongolia and Siberia these tiny Hamsters turn white much like Ermine. Ironically Weasels are their main predators.
To avoid these predators they burrow down a meter underground and have no fixed breeding season which should lead to the survival of some pups at least. Their burrows are lined with moss during the summer and in the winter an insulating layer of fur or wool.