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SpeciesRodentiaCricetidae
Mammals

🐭Golden hamster

Mesocricetus auratus (Waterhouse, 1839)

Křeček zlatý (Mesocricetus auratus Waterhouse, 1839), někdy nazývaný též křeček syrský, je druh hlodavce z čeledi myšovitých.

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≈ 1/590th of your weight
Also called
Mesocricetus auratus
Conservation status
ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.1 kg
Body length
0.18 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
9.99 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Golden hamster

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.1 kg
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  • 0.1 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.18 m
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Brain mass
1.12 g
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Maximum lifespan
9.99 years
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  • 3.9 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
2.16 years
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Age at maturity
51 days
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Gestation
16 days
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  • 16 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 9
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  • 9AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Omnivore
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Volume l
0.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Golden hamster yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyCricetidae
  6. ›genusMesocricetus
  7. ›speciesMesocricetus auratus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderRodents · Rodentia
  3. subfamilyCricetinae
  4. genusMesocricetus
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderEuarchontoglires
  11. orderRodents · Rodentia
  12. suborderMyomorpha
  13. familyCricetidae
  14. subfamilyCricetinae
  15. genusMesocricetus
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What it eats
fruit30%
seeds and grain30%
leaves, roots and other plants30%
warm-blooded animals10%
In other languages
Goldhamster (de), hàmster daurat (ca), Guldhamstere (da), Mesocricetus auratus (es), kultahamsteri (fi), Gullhamster (nb) … and 23 more languages
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