The Short Haired coat is the original coat of the Syrian hamster. The coat is short and dense all over the body. Some short haired hamsters may occasionally have a few longer hairs in the coat but these are only visible on close inspection.

All colours and patterns can be produced in Short Haired and Short Haired can be combined with Satin and Rex coats to produce Short Haired Satin, Short Haired Rex and even Short Haired Satin Rex.