Long Haired Syrian Hamster Colors

The syrian hamster is commonly called golden hamster referring to the wild colour.

Long haired syrian hamster colors. In the wild they are usually a brown golden color which earned them the name golden hamster. As self agouti or combinations. The third fur type is rex. Banded dominant spot tortoiseshell bi colour calico tri colour roan.

Colours of the syrian hamster can be described in three ways. Rex is a recessive trait. You tend to see these in colors of golden rust cinnamon silver and grey. Hamster colors are generally known as either agouti or self.

Some have been standardized by clubs for show purposes. A self is the same colour all over the body. Syrian hamsters can come in many different colorsincluding gray black yellow red or a mixture of several different colors. The fur of a male long haired syrian is usually longer than a female.

Normal golden cream cinnamon sable yellow yellow black. A self hamster however is the same color all over and these are popular in black chocolate cream mink and sable. A new mutation in the syrian hamster which appeared in the journal of heredity volume 64 pages 236 237 1973 by schimke nixon and connelly. Hamster colours are known as either agouti or self.

It was described in an article titled long hair. This is a recessive trait. Short haired long haired rex coated satin coated. Beige hamsters sometimes have a kinked tail.

Self colours are a consistent coat colour with the same colour topcoat and undercoat. A hamster who is rex has curly fur including whiskers and it is possible in both long haired and short haired hamsters. There are many syrian hair colours and too many to feature on here but i shall give examples of the most common colours. A hamster who is long haired will have long fluffy fur.

Agouti hamsters have a different lighter undercoat and markings around the eyes. 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. Combinations are produced when two or more self or agouti colours are present. 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.

However breeding has produced new colors such as white beige cream sable and black known as black bear hamsters. An agouti hamster has cheek flashes and crescents with a lighter colored underside. Long haired syrians have been very common in the united states for decades. Satin hamsters have smooth and shiny fur.

An agouti hamster has cheek flashes and crescents where a self hamster does not.