Golden hamster Golden hamster The golden hamster or Syrian hamster ("Mesocricetus auratus") is a rodent in the subfamily Cricetinae, the hamsters. Their natural geographical range is limited to arid areas of northern Syria and southern Turkey. Their numbers have been declining due to a loss of habitat caused by agriculture and deliberate elimination by humans. Thus, in the wild, they are now considered vulnerable by the IUCN. However, captive-breeding programs are well established, and captive-bred golden hamsters are often kept as small house pets. Additionally, they are also used as scientific research animals throughout the world. The size of adult animals ranges
The Hamsters Bronze. In 1994, after having re-learned the bass using a custom-designed thumb-pick, he rejoined the band when Bronze left to join Eric Clapton's band. In 2011, Billups released a solo album "Afton Down", in a more "folky" style than The Hamsters material, which does not credit any contributions by Martin or Parish. From 2017 onwards Billups has been the bass player with the Free tribute band, Tons of Sobs. As the band always intended to combine humour and music and wanted to remain relatively anonymous, they decided to adopt light-hearted stage names: The Hamsters The Hamsters were a British band