达乌尔黄鼠属啮齿目松鼠科,是小型地栖松鼠类的一种,广泛分布于我国东北、华北、西北地区的季节性冬眠动物,是我国北部干旱草原和半荒漠草原的主要鼠类,它与欧美各种黄鼠同属于黄鼠属。在河北省鄂尔多斯高原长爪沙鼠鼠疫自然疫源地的康保县范围内,达乌尔黄鼠是仅次于长爪沙鼠的 Daurian cynomolgus is a rodent squirrel family, which is a kind of small-scale terrestrial squirrel. It is a seasonal hibernating animal widely distributed in the northeast, north and northwest of China. It is the main rodent in arid steppe and semi-desert steppe in northern China , Which belongs to the genus Chrysomous spp. Within the range of Kangbao County, a natural foci of Meriones unguiculatus in the Ordos Plateau of Hebei Province, Daurian ground squirrels are second only to Meriones unguiculatus