Cricetiae+-+Maisto


 * Golden Hamster **


 * Classification: **
 * Kingdom- Animalia **
 * Phylum- Cnidaria **
 * Order- Rodentia **
 * Family- Cricetiae **
 * Genus- Mesocricetus **
 * Scientific name- Mesocricetus Auratus **


 * Movement: [[image:Hang%20in%20There.jpg width="323" height="243" align="right"]]**
 * Golden hamsters are an animal that moves on four legs. Their top speed is **
 * 4 miles per hour. Since hamsters are nocturnal they come out to **
 * hunt during the night. **


 * Eating: **
 * Golden Hamsters are omnivores so they eat plants and animals. Some of the things they eat are seeds, grass, fruits, insects, and small animals. There are two things that they do with their food. One they pick it up with their front legs and eat right away. Most of the time they store the food in pockets in their cheeks and have the food latter. ﻿﻿﻿ **


 * Cricetiae: **
 * The golden hamsters’ family Cricetiae contains many small rodents. Some include Chinese hamster, Siberian hamster, muskrat, kangaroo rat, cotton rat, wistar rat, and many more. The one main difference between the hamster and rat is that hamsters have short tails and rats have long tails. **

**Adaptations: ** **The golden hamster is able to adapt to the same things as a normal hamster. One of the things is that it can create more body heat in colder environments. Another thing is that it can lower its body tempter in warmer environments. One more is that they can adjust to a new time zone and find out when the new time for night is.**


 * Reproduction: **
 * The golden hamster has a gestation process of 19-20 days. When it has babies I usually have 4-21 babies at a time. The golden hamsters almost never has less than 4 babies. To carry the baby the hamster carries the baby in the cheek pockets or lays them on the tooth less part of the gums. **

** There are many ways to tell a boy and a girl hamster apart. The back end of the male tends to be elongated and rounder in appearance in comparison to the female. Males often have a noticeable scrotum after about 4 weeks of birth. Females have nipples that you can see on its stomach. **
 * Identification: **

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