Thus, Mr. and Mrs. hamster and the children have no need to go forth in the cold and wet weather to seek food-they can remain at home perfectly protected and well-fed.
"The Human Side of Animals"
Royal Dixon
The Nipe is far from being so simple as a monkey or a hamster.
"Anything You Can Do"
Gordon Randall Garrett
When the glaciers were again broken up and the climate became warmer, the reindeer, musk-ox, elk, chamois, wild-goat, hamster-rat, and lemming retired to the high northern latitudes in close proximity to the snow, or else to the lofty summits of great mountain-chains.
"A Manual of the Antiquity of Man"
J. P. MacLean