Hamster (Prentation)

Hamster, The Cute Human's Pet

         Hamsters are rodents belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae. The subfamily contains about 25 species, classified in six or seven genera.

         They have become established as popular small house pets, and partly because they are easy to breed in captivity, hamsters are often used as laboratory animals.

         In the wild, hamsters are crepuscular and remain underground during the day to avoid being caught by predators. They feed primarily on seeds, fruits, and vegetation, and will occasionally eat burrowing insects.

         They have elongated cheek pouches extending to their shoulders in which they carry food back to their burrows.

Question...

1. What is Hamster's food?
a. Sugar
b. Seed
c. Meat
d. Grass
e. Chocolate

2. How many genera in subfamily cricetenae?
a. About 2 or 3 genera
b. About 4 or 5 genera
c. About 6 or 7 genera
d. About 7 or 8 genera
e. More than 10 genera


3. Why hamster so often used as laboratory animals?
a. Because hamsters are easy to breed in captivity.
b. Because hamsters are rodent to belonging subfamily cricetenae.
c. Because hamsters are popular small house pet.
d. Because hamster's primary feed is fruits, seeds, and vegetation.
e. Because hamsters are crepuscular and remain underground during the day.


4. How many species in a subfamily?
a. About twelve.
b. About thirty five.
c. About twenty four.
d. About twenty.
e. About twenty five.


5. What hamsters do to avoid being caught by predators?
a. Hamsters breed in captivity.
b. Hamsters hide themselves in trees.
c. Hamsters crepuscular and remain underground during the night.
d. Hamsters crepuscular and remain underground during the day.
e. Hamsters crepuscular and remain underwater during the day.