Chinese Zokor
Eospalax fontanierii
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The Chinese zokor 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.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Spalacidae
- Genus
- Eospalax