Golden hamster stock of hamsters was exported from Syria to the United States in 1971, but apparently none of today's North American pets is descended from these (at least in the female line), because recent mitochondrial DNA studies have established that all domestic golden hamsters are descended from one female – probably the one captured in 1930 in Syria. Since the species was named, the genus "Cricetus" has been subdivided and this species (together with several others) was separated into the genus "Mesocricetus", leading to the currently accepted scientific name for the golden hamster of "Mesocricetus auratus". Following Professor Aharoni's collection in
Origin of the Kurds or of "Corduene". The name "Kurds" (Arabic "Kurd", plural "Akrad") is used throughout the medieval period, from the Islamic conquests, also as a generic term for Iranian nomadic tribes by the Arabs. There are different theories about the origin of name "Kurd". According to one theory, it originates in Middle Persian as 𐭪𐭥𐭫𐭲 "kwrt-", a term for "nomad; tent-dweller". After the Muslim conquest of Persia, this term is adopted into Arabic as "kurd-", and was used specifically of nomadic tribes. As for the Middle Persian noun "kwrt-" originating in an ancient toponym, it has been argued that it may ultimately