🐭Golden hamster
El hámster dorado o hámster sirio (Mesocricetus auratus) es una especie de roedor miomorfo de la familia Cricetidae. En estado salvaje se considera en peligro de extinción, pero es popular como mascota y también se usa en la investigación científica. Los adultos al crecer miden de 10 a 12 cm de longitud, y por lo general tienen una vida media de dos a tres años. El hámster sirio tiene bolsas ampliables llamadas abazones, que se extienden desde sus mejillas a sus hombros. En la naturaleza, utiliza sus bolsas para el transporte de alimentos a sus madrigueras. Su nombre en árabe, donde se han encontrado, se traduce como "padre de alforjas" (en árabe: أبو جراب), debido a la notable cantidad de espacio de almacenamiento en las bolsas de sus mejillas. Es capaz de almacenar grandes cantidades de alimento –se ha reportado una madriguera de un solo hámster que contenía unos 25 kg de grano–.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.
- 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
Everything we know about the Golden hamster
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.1 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.1 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.18 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass1.12 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan9.99 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3.9 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length2.16 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity51 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation16 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 9COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 9AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familyCricetidae
- ›genusMesocricetus
- ›speciesMesocricetus auratus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- subfamilyCricetinae
- genusMesocricetus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderMyomorpha
- familyCricetidae
- subfamilyCricetinae
- genusMesocricetus
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