Ko da yake George Robert Waterhouse ne ya fara bayyana hamster na Siriya ko hamster na zinariya (Mesocricetus auratus) a kimiyance a 1839, masu bincike ba su sami nasarar haifuwa da kuma kula da hamsters ba har zuwa 1939. Dukkanin dakunan gwaje-gwaje da dabbobi masu dabbobi na hamsters na Siriya sun kasance zuriyar 'yan uwan juna ne. Isra'ila Aharoni, masanin ilimin kimiyyar dabbobi na Jami'ar Urushalima, ya kama wadannan 'yan jarida kuma ya shigo da su a 1930 daga Aleppo a Siriya. A Urushalima, hamsters sun yi nasara sosai. Shekaru daga baya, an fitar da dabbobin wannan asalin mulkin mallaka na kiwo zuwa Amurka, inda hamsters na Siriya suka zama dabbobi na yau da kullun da na dakin gwaje-gwaje. Nazarin kwatancen na gida da na hamsters na Siriya sun nuna rage canjin kwayar halitta a cikin nau'in gwaje-gwaje.
George Robert Waterhouse