CLASS I. MAMMALIA: ORDER 7. RODENTIA 



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THE MALACCA RHIZOMTS. 



has been referred to this genus, and Hodgson speaks of a species found in Nepaul; but neither 

 of these has been sufficiently described to be positively arranged, under this head. 



Genus SIPHNEUS : Sipkneus. — Of this a single species only is known, the Zokor of South- 

 ern Russia, S. zokor, the Mus spalax of Pallas, chiefly found in the steppes of the Irtish. It 

 forms subterranean galleries, like the moles, and feeds on roots and bulbs. It is of a grayish-red 

 color, and is eight inches long. 



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Genus SPALAX.— Of this but a single species is well known, but it is one of the most remark- 



THE ZEMSI. 



