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Snow Squirrel
The Snow Squirrel is a gentle, delicate-looking rodent whose coat changes with the seasons, valued for both its fur and as a pet. An active nut-lover, it needs a varied diet, temperature-controlled housing, and safe chewing material for its teeth.
Centipede
The centipede is a terrestrial, venomous arthropod kept both for its medicinal value and as an exotic pet. A nocturnal carnivore that hibernates and must be raised in a secure, three-dimensional enclosure, it reproduces by laying eggs carried on the mother's back.
Eclectus Parrot
The Eclectus Parrot is a striking parrot with extreme sexual dimorphism—emerald-green males and deep-red females—native to Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia. Quiet yet alert, it needs a large cage, a high-fiber diet rich in vitamin A, and never seed-only feeding.
Dwarf Hotot
The Dwarf Hotot, also called the Dwarf Panda Rabbit, is a small, lively pet rabbit with an all-white coat and distinctive black eye markings. Easy to keep like other pet rabbits, it needs a secure cage, daily grooming, and unlimited hay.
Marmot
The marmot is an expert burrower and hibernator with a coat the color of soil and a clever, endearing look. A vegetarian rodent kept as a pet, it needs a sturdy cage, fresh food and water daily, and vitamin C to avoid scurvy.
Japanese Waxwing
In China, keeping the Japanese Waxwing in a cage is not unusual—many have kept or are keeping one. However, no one has reportedly bred them successfully at home, so those seen in the pet market are usually caught directly from the wild. Due to indiscriminate catching and habitat degradation, their numbers are dwindling, and they are now listed as a Near Threatened species.
Himalayan
The Himalayan is a native Chinese breed whose body color changes with temperature—white all over when warm, and a standard deep black (the limbs and head turning black) when cold.
Rhinelander
The Rhinelander is a pet rabbit breed that is not very common in China. Its distinctive trait is its 'tricolor' coat—a white base marked with two other colors. While such markings are common in cats, a rabbit with this look is certainly unique.
Rex Rabbit
The Rex Rabbit, scientifically the Rex rabbit, is also called the Rex because its appearance and fur resemble a river otter. A fur rabbit breed famous in China and worldwide, it is a classic economic rabbit whether for production breeding or breed improvement.
Taihang Mountain Rabbit
The Taihang Mountain Rabbit is a man-made meat rabbit breed, large when mature, with a yellow coat—hence also called the Tiger-skin Yellow Rabbit. It grows fast, has a high meat yield, and tolerates coarse feed, making it well suited to rural introduction and raising.