. Fur and feather in North China . nal ears. Their tails are hairless and extremelysensitive. They have blunt flat noses, very powerful teeth, andheavy skulls. In short, they are built for digging in the close-packedand dry soil of North China. They do considerable damage to crops,and in some districts are relentlessly hunted by the Chinese farm-ers in an endeavour to exterminate them. The generic name of this group of rodents is Myospalax, andas already stated, contains some six species in North China, namelyM: fontanieri, M. fontanus, M. cans^is, M. psilurus, M. smithii andM. rothschildi. Of
. Fur and feather in North China . nal ears. Their tails are hairless and extremelysensitive. They have blunt flat noses, very powerful teeth, andheavy skulls. In short, they are built for digging in the close-packedand dry soil of North China. They do considerable damage to crops,and in some districts are relentlessly hunted by the Chinese farm-ers in an endeavour to exterminate them. The generic name of this group of rodents is Myospalax, andas already stated, contains some six species in North China, namelyM: fontanieri, M. fontanus, M. cans^is, M. psilurus, M. smithii andM. rothschildi. Of these the two first were at first confused with one another,but later M. fontanus was described as a distinct species from speci-mens secured by Anderson and myself in Western Shansi. true habitat is in the neighbourhood of Peking. In colourM. fontanus is of a fine slate-grey. It is a very large rodent, with aheavy well-ridged skull. There is almost invariably a white diamona-shaped patch on the forehead. Plate The Kansu Allactaga {AUaciagu nioiigolicn longior).
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