关键词: 鼠疫宿主, 分类, 自然疫源地, 中国

Abstract: Objective To coordinate names and classification status of plague hosts in natual foci of China.Methods We collect the data about the plague reservoirs in natural foci of China,including the scientific names and Chinese names.We revise the scientific names which had been used illegimately according to the recent classification,and provided some more Chinese names which usually used in the discussion.Results We revised some names of plague hosts appeared in references,and removed some animal from the plague hosts.New scientific names were given to Mongolian marmot(Marmota sibirica),Red-cheeked ground squirrel(Spermophilus pallidicauda),Alashan ground squirrel(S.alashanicus),Northern Mole-vole(Ellobius tancrei),Lacustrine vole(Microtus limnophilus),Campbell's Desert Hamster(Phodopus campbelli),Silver mountain vole(Alticola argentatus),Mongolian mountain vole(A.semicanus),Przewalski's steppe lemming(Eolagurus przewalskii),Brandt's vole(Lasiopodomys brandtii),Plateau vole(L.fuseus),Greater long-tailed hamster(Tscherskia triton),ands Tolai hare(Lepus tolai).Herb field mouse(Apodemus uralensis)was removed from plague hosts.Tree shrew(Tupaia glis)in some references should be Northern tree shrew(T.belangeri).There was only one species of Genus Meles in China according to previous references.However,there should be two species,i.e.Asian badger(M.leucurus)and Eurapean badger(M.meles).Both of them were plague hosts.Conclusion There are 88 animal species as plague reservoirs in China,in which 53 species in Rodentia,5 in Lagomorpha,4 in Soricomorpha,1 in Scandentia,13 in Carnivora,and 9 in Artiodactyla for Mammalia,and 3 species in Aves.The species are classified in 2 class,8 orders,and 19 families.