"Israel Aharoni (Hebrew: ישראל אהרוני )(1946 – 1882) was a zoologist in Ottoman and British Palestine widely known as the "first Hebrew zoologist." Aharoni discovered 30 ...
previously unknown species of animals, insects and birds, and is credited with giving them Hebrew names.
Aharoni is best known for collecting a litter of Syrian hamsters on an expedition to Aleppo, Syria. The hamsters were bred as laboratory animals in Jerusalem, but some escaped through a hole in the floor. The majority of hamsters in Israel today are thus said to be descended from this one litter." - (en.wikipedia.org 27.10.2019)
