Dwarf hamsters breeding with house mice?

Question

Well, once, all 5 of my hamsters escaped at once...four of them were found, but the last one was never even seen. It's really sad, but our apartment has mice running around & i was wondering if hamsters and mice could interbreed with eachother. What do you guys think?

Answer 1

Hamsters and mice cannot interbreed. They are just too different genetically.

Answer 2

Hamsters and mice are not the same species or even the same genus--from a genetic standpoint they are not close relatives.  Horses and donkeys are close relatives, and they can interbreed (you get mules); but this is more like trying to breed a horse to a cow.  They have sort-of the same overall shape and many of the same habits if you don't look very closely, but they very different genetically.

Answer 3

Nope, not possible.

Answer 4

No they can't interbreed and will probably fight.

Answer 5

They could, but I don't know if they would. Sorry about your dwarf hamster, I have one too and I woul be SOOOOOOO sad if he got lost!=(

Answer 6

well maybe if they were small enough