Are gophers hamsters? The differences and relationships between gophers, hamsters, mice and rats

What is a gopher? Is a mouse a rat? No, a gopher is a type of mouse.

Hamster physical characteristics:

1. The most common coat color of hamsters is white from the cheeks to the belly, with brown on the back being the majority, but there are also spots formed by light and dark brown, and the coat color is mostly gray, and later golden, piebald and other colors were bred, and even long-haired varieties. All kinds of hamsters look very similar, with only slight differences in body size and coat color, and their personalities are about the same.

2. Among them, the Roborovski hamster is the smallest in size among the dwarf hamsters, moves quickly and is rather timid by nature, and the coat color on its back changes from black to tan during its growth period. Hamsters are one of the very cute pets, so many children or women, upon seeing this kind of "living plush toy," cannot put it down.

3. Hamsters have a body length of 5-12 cm, with cheek pouches on the face. Each of the upper and lower jaws has a pair of sharp incisors. The body hair on the back is generally light yellowish-brown or brownish-yellow, and the ventral side, forelimbs and inner sides of the hindlimbs are black. The front part of each side of the body has 3 white or pale yellowish-brown spots. The feet are white, slightly tinged with light yellow. They differ from mice in that they have only a very short tail, or even none at all.

Mouse physical characteristics:

1. The main characteristics of mice are a cone-shaped body, no canine teeth, and a gap between the incisors and the premolars or molars.

2. The incisors are well developed, have no roots, grow throughout life, and commonly gnaw on things to wear them down.

Finally caught this little bastard!

This guy, some people say it is a gopher, but to be precise it is called a mole, and the elderly call it 'bored rat' (Taiwanese), living underground all year round, dying when it sees light, its eyes are useless and have long since degenerated, buried in its fine fur, relying on its sharp nose to sniff around to get by, with a few thin, long sensory antennae attached, possibly because there are some earthworms and small insects in the soil, traces of where it has passed can be seen from time to time, and there will be raised cracked patterns on the ground, quite artistic geometric lines.

As usual, after viewing, toss it somewhere else, don't come to my house again, there are humans here, very scary!