Syrian hamsters live in Asia the first hamster was discoverd in syrian though thay also live in Greece Romania belgium nothin china and Asia . In the wild thay like to live in warm dry areas like sand dunes and edges of deserts. Size  with 24 species of hamsters these animals come in wild ranges of size . the uropean breed can grow as large as 13.4 inches and 34 centimeaters long hamsters where broght to the united states in 1936 from syria