Syrian Hamster Colour Chart

They have an off white underside.

Syrian hamster colour chart. Golden also called agouti these hamsters have the original markings of syrian hamsters. The smoke pearl has a pale grey coat ticked through with black tips cream undercolour ivory belly black cheekflashes black eyes and grey ears. This colour extends up the side of the hamster near its jaw to form a crescent shape on either side of its face. Syrian hamsters can come in many different colorsincluding gray black yellow red or a mixture of several different colors.

The silver grey pearl is produced by the combination of silver grey and yellow. The self syrian hamster means its entire body is the same color except in the typical spots such as chin paws and mustache. But over the years a number of mutations appeared and now you can find a wide range of colours and coat types some being common and other rare. A self is the same colour all over the body.

The original colour of the syrian hamster in the wild is golden brown with an ivory belly dark cheek flashes and ivory crescents. Hamster colours are known as either agouti or self. There are many syrian hair colours and too many to feature on here but i shall give examples of the most common colours. Beige hamsters sometimes have a kinked tail.

Some have been standardized by clubs for show purposes. The golden syrian hamster is applicable for studies relating to sars cov 2 due to its high levels of sequence homology with human ace2 receptors and strong viral titers within 48 hours of inoculation. Banded dominant spot tortoiseshell bi colour calico tri colour roan. Lvg golden syrian hamster details.

The syrian hamster is also most commonly know as the golden hamster as this is the original wild colour. The syrian is by far the most popular hamster and the most varied in terms of fur. Occasionally a mutation occurs resulting in a new colour. In the wild these mutations may not survive but in captivity such hamsters are kept and bred from in order to maintain the mutation.

The self and the agouti. Here i have listed a wide variety of the colours coats that are around today although it is not possible to list. An agouti hamster has cheek flashes and crescents where a self hamster does not. Typical examples are black cream and sable.

There are also many syrian hair colors but they fall into two categories. Normal golden cream cinnamon sable yellow yellow black black grey white blonde honey smoke pearl. Beige produced by breeding a two hamsters with the rust and dark gray genes the beige color variety is often the smallest and less robust of the litter. The syrian hamster is commonly called golden hamster referring to the wild colour.

T hanks to advance breeding techniques and practices syrian hamsters now come in a variety of coat types patterns and colours. Short haired long haired rex coated satin coated. Syrian hamster colors and coats.