And they took them to the lab, most died and escaped. The rest of the hamsters were given to Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where they had successfully created a hamster breed similar to the Golden Hamster. However, they are a bit bigger than the hamsters found by Waterhouse, and their scientific name is Mesocricetus auratus, although it is safe to assume that they are all of the same species. Hamster stay 6 feet away coronavirus shirt