Kunyange zvazvo hamster yeSyria kana hamster yegoridhe (Mesocricetus auratus) yakatanga kurondedzerwa nesayenzi naGeorge Robert Waterhouse muna 1839, vatsvakurudzi havana kukwanisa kubudirira kubereka nekugadzira hamsters kusvikira muna 1939. Zvose zve laboratory uye zvipfuwo zveSyria hamsters zvinoratidzika kuva zvizvarwa zvehama imwe chete.
George Robert Waterhouse