in the case of a dog (canis familaris) eventually evolving out the wolf (canis Lupus)
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or do I just have the whole concept bassackwards and wrong?
2007-03-01 04:43:12 · 4 answers · asked by Rick R 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
You don't have the concept bassackwards, but there are still wild hamsters.
In fact, there are about 18 species of wild hamster (the exact number varies depending on which classification you use - the taxonomy of the Cricetinae (the subfamily that hamsters belong to) is a field of much debate amongst Rodent systematicists).
Critters like the Mongolian hamster, golden hamster, Tibetan dwarf hamster, Romanian hamster and others all still roam wild and free, unconstrained by little Habitrail tubes.
The 'years of domestication' for the hamster have not been all that long. While dogs have been bred and selected by man for thousands of years, it was only in 1930 that a litter of golden hamsters from Syria were taken from the wild and raised for use as laboratory specimens. Today's domestic hamsters are descended from that single litter of hamsters.
2007-03-01 04:59:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
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Is there any such thing as a 'wild' hamster, or is it just the end result of years of domestication like
in the case of a dog (canis familaris) eventually evolving out the wolf (canis Lupus)
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or do I just have the whole concept bassackwards and wrong?
2015-08-16 17:31:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are wild hamsters. believe it or not. They look exactly like their caged counterparts and live a pretty solitary life as they live in some of the coldest and harshest places on the planet.
2007-03-01 06:09:52 · answer #4 · answered by taliswoman 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋