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Black-bellied hamster
Adult weight : 0.507 kg (1.1154 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 4 years
Female maturity :43 days
Male maturity : 56 days
Gestation : 20 days
Weaning : 23 days
Litter size : 7
Litters per year : 2
Interval between litters : 131 days
Weight at birth : 0.007 kg (0.0154 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 0.105 kg (0.231 lbs)
Basal metabolic rate : 1 W
Body mass : 0.365 kg (0.803 lbs)
Temperature : 39.85 °C (103.73 °F)
Black-bellied hamster
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Cricetinae
Species : Cricetus cricetus
The Black-bellied hamster, common hamster is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the blackbellied hamster
A young / baby of a blackbellied hamster is called a 'pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A blackbellied hamster group is called a 'horde'.Countries
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey
Facts about the black-bellied hamster
Black-Bellied HamsterBlack-bellied hamsters are native to Europe and western Asia, where they cause problems by eating farm crops. (Full text)
CRICETUS CRICETUS European or Common Hamster Found through out Europe Cricetus Cricetus is now considered near threatened. (Full text)
Museum Takes a Look at Moscow's 250 Hamsters By Kevin O'Flynn3 February 2003 Moscow's Cricetus cricetus is the focus of an exhibit at the Darwin Museum of natural history. (Full text)
One of four genera of hamsters; Cricetus cricetus is used extensively as a research animal. (Full text)
The fur of some hamsters, notably the unusually colored, black-bellied hamster, is used for the lining of coats, and the flesh is sometimes eaten. (Full text)
The species Cricetus Cricetus is in very strong regression in Western Europe. (Full text)
The Y chromosome of Cricetus cricetus is in contrast to those of the other species, because it reveals a relatively well-differentiated G- and C-banding pattern. (Full text)
The black-bellied hamsters are believed to originate in eastern Europe and Russia, where they lived on steppes and farmland, or by riverbanks. (Full text)
The common, or black bellied hamster is a solitary animal, not as well suited to captivity as the golden hamster, and inhabits the steppes and cultivated lands of Europe and parts of Western Asia. (Full text)
Now the black-bellied hamster is a singularly unlovely creature [according to <www. (Full text)
htm Found through out Europe Cricetus Cricetus is now considered near threatened. (Full text)
European or Common Hamster Nest Found through out Europe Cricetus Cricetus is now considered near threatened. (Full text)
HAMSTER HOLDUP: A little-known and endangered black-bellied hamster is costing DaimlerChrysler big bucks. (Full text)
The black-bellied hamster is from Siberia and Europe and are thought to be social when put with their own species. (Full text)
1. Eurasian hamster, Cricetus cricetus -- (a variety of hamster common to Europe and Asia)Eurasian hamster
Cricetus cricetus
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