Genotypes of Hamsters

Standardized Syrians
Name	Genotype	Genes Needed	Comments
Single Gene Colors
Golden (Light or Dark)	++	.	Wild Color
Black Eyed Cream (BEC)	ee	.	.
Cinnamon	pp	.	.
Dark Gray (DG)	dgdg	.	Prone to spinal deformities
Light Gray (LG)	Lglg	.	Homozygous Lethal
Silver Gray (SG)	SgSg	.	Incomplete Dominant
Yellow	ToTo (females) ToY (males)	.	Sex Linked
Rust	bb	.	.
Dark Eared White (DEW)	c^dc^d	.	.
Black	aa	.	.
Patterned Varieties
Banded	BaBa or Baba	.	.
Dominant Spot (DS)	Dsds	.	Homozygous Lethal
White Bellied or Roan	Whwh	.	Homozygous Lethal producing eyeless whites
Dominant Spot Banded	DsdsBa-	Dominant Spot and Banded	.
Tortoiseshell	Toto	Yellow	Sex Linked
Tortoiseshell and White	TotoBa- or TotoDsds	Yellow and Banded or Dominant Spot	Sex Linked
Coat Types
Short Hair	L-	.	Wild Coat Type
Long Hair	ll	.	.
Satin	Sasa	.	Double satins can be unattractive
Rex	rxrx	.	.
Multi-gene Colors
Beige	bbdgdg	Rust and Dark Gray	.
Blonde	Lglgpp	Light Gray and Cinnamon	.
Honey	ppToTo/ppToY	Cinnamon and Yellow	.
Lilac	dgdgpp	Dark Gray and Cinnamon	.
Smoke Pearl	dgdgToTo/dgdgToY	Dark Gray and Yellow	.
Chocolate	aabb	Black and Rust	.
Red Eyed Cream (REC)	eepp	Black Eyed Cream and Cinnamon	.
Black Eyed Ivory	eeLglg or eedgdg	Cream and Light or Dark Gray	.
Sable	eeUU or eeUu	Black Eyed Cream and Umbrous	.
Flesh Eared White (FEW)	c^dc^dpp	DEW and Cinnamon	.
Black Eyed White (BEW)	eeSgSg or DS combinations	Cream and Silver Gray or Dominant Spot with other genes	.
Red Eyed Ivory	eeLglgpp or dgdgeepp	Cream, Light or Dark Gray, and Cinnamon	.
Copper	eebbppU-	Cream, Rust, Cinnamon and Umbrous	.
Unstandardized Syrians
Name	Genotype	Genes Needed	Comments
Single Gene Colors
Umbrous	UU or Uu	.	.
Extreme Dilute (ED)	c^ec^e	.	.
Patterned Varieties
Recessive Dappled (RD)	rdrd	.	.
Coat Types
Hairless	hrhr	.	Females often have difficulty lactating.
Multi-gene Colors
Yellow Black (YB)	aaToTo/aaToY	Black and Yellow	CHA Guide Standard
Dove	aapp	Black and Cinnamon	CHA Guide Standard
Black Eyed Blonde	bbLglg	Rust and Light Gray	.
Light Gray Pearl	LglgToTo/LglgToY	Light Gray and Yellow	.
Silver Gray Pearl	Sg-ToTo/Sg-ToY	Silver Gray and Yellow	.
Lilac Pearl	dgdgppToTo/dgdgppToY	Dark Gray, Cinnamon and Yellow	.
Mink	eeppU-	Cream, Cinnamon and Umbrous	.
Chocolate Sable	bbeeU-	Rust, Cream and Umbrous	.
Silver Sable	eeSg-U-	Cream, Silver Gray and Umbrous	.
Honey Black	aappToTo/aappToY	Black, Cinnamon and Yellow	.
Blue Mink	dgdgeeppU-	Dark Grey, Cream, Cinnamon and Umbrous	.
Standardized Campbells Dwarf Hamsters
Name	Genotype	Genes Needed	Comments
Single Gene Colors
Normal	++	.	Wild Color
Albino	cc	.	.
Argente	pp	.	.
Coat Types
Satin	.	.	.
Multi-gene Colors
Black Eyed White (Dilute Platinum)	.	.	.
Unstandardized Campbells Dwarf Hamsters
Name	Genotype	Genes Needed	Comments
Single Gene Colors
Opal	dd	.	CHA Standard
Black	aa	.	CHA Guide Standard
Black Eyed Argente (BEA)	bb	.	CHA Guide Standard
Moscow (tentative name)	not yet assigned	.	CHA Guide Standard
Dark Gray	dgdg	.	.
Patterned Varieties
Mottled	MoMo or Momo	.	Not known to be in North America, CHA Guide Standard
Ruby Eyed Mottled	Mimi	.	Homozygous Lethal producing eyeless, toothless whites, CHA Guide Standard
Platinum	.	.	Homozygous Lethal except in Dilute Platinums
Multi-gene Colors
Blue	aadd	Black and Opal	CHA Guide Standard
Dove	aapp	Black and Argente	.
Chocolate	aabb	Black and Black Eyed Argente	.
Lilac Fawn	bbdd	Black Eyed Argente and Opal	.
Blue Fawn	ddpp	Opal and Argente	.
Beige	bbpp	Black Eyed Argente and Argente	.
Blue Beige	bbddpp	Black Eyed Argente, Opal, and Argente	.
Dark Beige	aabbpp	Black, Black Eyed Argente, and Argente	.
Red Eyed Lilac	aaddpp	Black, Opal, and Argente	.
Black Eyed Lilac	aabbdd	Black, Black Eyed Argente, and Opal	.
Champagne	aabbddpp	Black, Black Eyed Argente, Opal, and Argente	.
Standardized Winter White Dwarf Hamsters
Name	Genotype	Genes Needed	Comments
Single Gene Colors
Normal	++	.	Wild Color
Sapphire	.	.	.
Patterned Varieties
Pearl	.	.	.