The sulphur bellied rat（Niviventer confucianus） in Dongting Lake region inhabited mostly inside bush or forest of the mountain and hill. The animals also could be caught in the farmland beside bush and sometimes it might even be found in farmhouse. The animal had middle somatotype among rodentia and their body length was shorter than its tail length. Most body measureracnts between males and females of each age class have no significant differences, which showed that the animal had no sexual dimorphism in exterior morphology, It＇s body weigh...
