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Zi Chu is an animal in the north.

Dobby Zi Chu is a kind of legume, whose Chinese literary name is Daour Squirrel.

Citellus dauricus is the main rodent in arid grassland and semi-desert grassland in northern China, and it likes to live scattered. It is selective to its habitat and likes humidity. The most suitable habitats are grasslands and mountain grasslands, and the vegetation coverage rate is usually around 25%.

Plants move at a height of 15-20 cm. In addition to the breeding season, rats live alone, and their caves are mostly built in wasteland, fields, cemeteries, grass slopes, roadsides and perennial grasslands, which are divided into permanent caves and temporary caves. There are no nests in the temporary caves, but there are as many as several to ten.

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Morphological characteristics: Medium-sized Citellus Rattus is 200-250 mm long, weighs 200-450 g, has a tail length of 1/5- 1/3, a big head and big round eyes, so it is commonly called "big-eyed thief". The degeneration of the ear shell is short, and the neck, limbs and tail are all short. Claws are black and strong. The female body has five pairs of nipples. The back hair is dark yellow, mixed with dark brown hair, and the abdomen, body side and outer forelimbs are sandy yellow.

There is a black and white ring between the ends. There is a white circle around the eye socket and the ear shell is yellow. The skull is oval, with a slightly sharp snout, a notch at the front end of the base of the supraorbital valley, and no ridge. The front teeth are narrow and flat, and there is no notch at the back. Teeth are very neat.

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