Black And White Long Haired Syrian Hamster

Shorthaired longhaired satin and rex.

Black and white long haired syrian hamster. Its body is mainly black with patches of white on its belly and or feet. Only male hamsters can. The black gene is recessive which is why the variation was not discovered until recently. Black hamsters have a consistent jet black coat with some white on the paws and belly.

This type of hamster is also called a black bear hamster. You should never mate two patterned hamsters together because all patterned hamsters have white bellies making it impossible to tell whether they carry the white belly gene. A panda bear hamster is a hamster that looks like a panda bear. All syrian patterns are dominant and therefore only one copy of the gene is required to produce the pattern in pups.

The first hamsters discovered had short hair since thenn fancy breeders have managed to breed four different coated types. Coats the different types of syrian hamster coat.