Mongolian Vertebrate Parasite Project

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	Mongolia 2009 Zuun Saikhan Uul A week was spent working in and around the area of Yolin Am and its environs. Work was concentrated in the steppe at the foothills of Zuun Saikhan and the shrub habitat of the rocky canyons higher in the mountain. We also spent considerable effort in sampling the higher elevation valleys as well as including the relect Birch/Willow forest patch and the desert steppe lowlands beneath the foothills. Mammals Gobi jerboa- Allactaga bullata Mongolian five-toed jerboa- Allactaga sibirica Mountain vole- Alticola sp. Five-toed pygmy jerboa- Cardiocranius paradoxus Long-tailed hamster- Cricetulus longicaudatus Northern three-toed jerboa- Dipus sagitta Zaisan mole-vole- Ellobius tancrei Long-eared hedgehog- Hemiechinus auritus Tolai hare- Lepus tolai Mongolian gerbil- Meriones unguiculatus Daurian pika- Ochotona dauurica Pallas' pika- Ochotona pallasi Ground squirrel- Spermophilus sp. Three-toed jerboa- Stylodipus sp. Parasites

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