Chinese zokor
| Chinese zokor | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Spalacidae |
| Genus: | Eospalax |
| Species: | E. fontanierii |
| Binomial name | |
| Eospalax fontanierii (Milne-Edwards, 1867) | |
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The Chinese zokor (Eospalax fontanierii) is a species of rodent in the family Spalacidae. It is endemic to China, ranging from Qinghai Province eastwards to Beijing in steppe and alpine grasslands. Henri Milne-Edwards first described it in 1867. Eradication programs in the 1990s in Qinghai Province resulted in a population decline to less than a third of the former population. It is considered common and has been assessed as Least Concern by IUCN.
An average adult weighs 256 g (9.0 oz) and newborn young weigh 9 g (0.32 oz).