Karakteristik ukuran dan bentuk hamster syria (Mesocritus auratus)

Abstract

Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) is a laboratory animal and pet animal due to their attractive physical shape. Genetic variance of Syrian hamster need to be conserved through identification of body sceleton maesurement; this measurement consisted of measurement of body length, chest width, hip width and canon circumference. The identification can help the hamster lovers to obtain the desirable sizeof their Syrian hamster. This experiment was conducted to determine the size and shape scores body of Syrian hamster, both for male and female principal Component Analysis.