Domestication of the Syrian hamster
id:
domestication-of-the-syrian-hamster-265-7233553
title:
Domestication of the Syrian hamster
text:
The domestication of the Syrian hamster began in the late 1700s when naturalists cataloged the Syrian hamster, also known as Mesocricetus auratus or the golden hamster. In 1930 medical researchers captured Syrian hamster breeding stock for animal testing. Further domestication led this animal to become a popular pet. The Syrian hamster's natural habitat is in a small region of Northwest Syria near the city of Aleppo. It was first described by science in the 1797 second edition of The Natural His
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestication_of_the_Syrian_hamster
date created:
date modified:
2024-04-04T04:02:54Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q25326618","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25326618"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Golden_hamster_side_1.jpg","width":3024,"height":2016}
fields total:
13
integrity:
14