Identifying Hamster Species

[favfoetus]

As much as I have researched I am having some difficulty identifying my babies. The store I got them was not knowledgable (the cage they sold as "livable" is a carrier at best) and they just said dwarf. Apparently my two are siblings but they really look nothing alike so I was wondering if you guys could help identify what species they are or give tips on how to identify hamster species.
I have 2 good pics of Mouse but Squitter is either burrowed, eating or asleep at all times so the best pic I have of her currently is with her head in her food dish. I'll add more once she's up and awake.
Link to pics:
https://imgur.com/a/rARbAs0

[Ria P]

They look like Russian dwarf hybrid hamsters to me. Very cute. Just because they are from the same litter doesn't mean that they look alike. Siblings can be different colours and sizes. My dark coloured dwarf had a sister who was a very light colour and a lot bigger.
If you are keeping them together you'll need to research keeping hamsters in pairs to make sure they won't come to any harm and you will be able to read early signs of them possibly falling out.

[favfoetus]

Originally Posted by Ria P

They look like Russian dwarf hybrid hamsters to me. Very cute. Just because they are from the same litter doesn't mean that they look alike. Siblings can be different colours and sizes. My dark coloured dwarf had a sister who was a very light colour and a lot bigger.
If you are keeping them together you'll need to research keeping hamsters in pairs to make sure they won't come to any harm and you will be able to read early signs of them possibly falling out.

That's what I was assuming but I still wanted to ask They aren't kept together (I don't want pups plus Mouse was aggressive towards our girl when we first brought them home)