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M. Suckow, K. Stevens, and R. Wilson, editors, 2012. The Laboratory Rabbit, Guinea Pig, Hamster, and Other Rodents, 1st edition. Elsevier, Oxford, UK.
Chapter 27 Hamster Anatomy, Physiology, and Behavior 753 - 763
QUESTIONS:
1. How to distinguish male and female?
a. Pointed posterior in the female
b. Pointed posterior in the male
c. Large flank glands in male
d. Short ano-genital distance in the female
2. True or False:
a. flank glands are used to mark territory
b. Incisors stop erupt when the hamster reach sexual maturity
c Hamsters do not have a diastema
d Hamsters are used as a model for human dental carries
3. The main proteolytic enzyme activity is confined in:
a. the submaxillary gland
b the parotid gland
c at the same location as rats and mice
4. Cheek pouches can be used to store:
a. Food
b. Bedding
c. Feces
d. Newborn
5. True or False:
a Hamsters have large bilateral buccal cheek pouches
b Cheek pouches are not easy to revert
c Hamsters have a long ileum
6. The hamster pancreas consists in :
a. two lobes
b. three lobes
c. four lobes
7. True or False:
a. the hamster liver consist in four lobes
b. The hamster does not have gallbladder
c Liver weight decrease during pregnancy
8. The pulmonary system of the hamster consists in:
a a single lobe on the left
b. two lobes on the left
c. three lobes on the right
d. four lobes on the right
9. True or False:
a. The Hamster has an orbital sinus similar to the mouse
b. The hamster has a relative slow coagulation time
c. The Hamster’ kidneys enable high urine concentration
10. The heart rate is around
a. 200-350
b. 350-500
c. 500-600
11. Sexual maturity in the male and female occurs
a. at approximately 12 weeks
b. at approximately 15 weeks
c at around 70g of body weight
d. at around 90g of body weight
12. True or False:
a. The breeding activity in the male is conditioned by the daylight cycle
b. The hamsters have an average of 8 pairs of mammary gland
c. The female has a 4-day estrous cycle
13. True or False:
a. The hamsters have a small binocular vision
b. The hamsters have keen olfactory capabilities
c. Male hamsters lack from vomeronasal chemorecepteurs
d. The hamsters use its vibrissae in a various complex pattern to explore
14. True or False: Commonly hamsters :
a. Are Diurnal
b. live singly
c. Display aggressive towards conspecific
d. build nest but only the female
d spent a lot of time exploring
ANSWERS:
1. a, c, d
2. T, F (continually), F, T
3. b
4. a, b, d
5. T, F, F
6. b
7. T, F, F (it’s the opposite)
8. a, d
9. T, F (it’s the opposite), T
10. b
11. a, d
12. T, F (7), T
13. F, T, F, T
14. F, T, T, F (both), F (sleeping)
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