CLASS I. MAMMALIA: ORDER 7. RODENTIA 
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THE MALACCA UHIZOMTS. 
has been referred to this genus, and Hodgson speaks of a species found in JSTepaul; but neither 
of these has been sufficiently described to'be positively arranged under this head. 
Genus SIPHNEUS : Siphneus. — 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. 
BATHTEEGUS. THK ZEMNI. 
Genus SPALAX. — Of this but a single species is well known, but it is one of the most remark- 
