The people who name hamsters colors must really have a sweet tooth. We've got Chocolate, Honey, Cream, Cinnamon, Champagne, and Caramel. So...what is Caramel?
The River Road Hamstery website (which is currently down but I found an
archive) lists "Caramel" as a synonym for "Mink": eeppU_. But
Hamster Club Germany has a picture of a "Caramel LH male (bb ee)." If you look at that picture, the hamster looks different from an ordinary Black-eyed Cream. There's definitely some ticking or something going on there.
I've never seen the name used anywhere else.. I've also never seen an alternative name for the color produced by the bbee genotype.
So what sort of hamster should properly be called "Caramel"?