Chinese genetics

[ameyjaney]

As Chinese Hamsters are apparently not hamsters (if that makes sense) , does anyone have any links to where I can read more into this? If I was still at uni I would have searched scientific papers through the uni system, but i'm not anymore.

[internet_nobody]

They are in the same family hamsters, they're just not true dwarfs as they are a different genus. There's bound to be some zoology websites that would have more details. There aren't many papers on Chinese, probably because they were discovered so long ago.

[ameyjaney]

Ok thanks .I will go digging at some point .

[HamstersAreHardcore]

Hmm i was thinking before i saw this today how chinese hamsters were hamsters with the tail and all

[Tish36]

Ahhh, I always wondered why they looked quite different to usual hammies, it's all getting clearer