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the eastern Asiatic coast by C. d. mongolicus of Hopei, western 
Manchuria, and Mongolia, and by C, d. ramosus of the province 
of Kirin. 
The Chinese form, mongolicus, is reddish buff, produced by 
a mixture of gray-based hairs with a subterminal reddish ring 
and a whitish tip, also a few black hairs. The head is reddish 
buff, the neck gray. The tail has the color of the back, with the 
Fig. 54. Dahurian Suslik or Ground Squirrel, Citellus dauricus. 
tip whitish. The color of the underparts is chiefly reddish buff. 
The sides are yellowish and the lips, chin, and eye ring are 
white. Winter skins are more pallid. The length of the head and 
body varies from 7% to 8% inches, of the tail only 2 x /4 to 2% 
inches, of the hind foot 1% inches. 
Like the North American species, these oriental Ground 
Squirrels may work considerable damage in grain fields. They 
sit upright on the mounds of earth taken from their burrows, 
keeping a sharp lookout for danger. About 5 young are born 
in June. 
The Marmots or Woodchucks, genus Marmota, are thick- 
set, short-tailed, coarse-haired, clumsy rodents weighing from 
10 to 12 pounds. The ears are short, the head low and flat, the 
feet thick and powerful with strong claws for digging, and the 
