Rat

Rat

(Ben Jing)

[synonyms] otomous (Shanhaijing), flying squirrel, Yiyou (Erya), Feiyu (Guangya), flying rat (Zhangyi's annotation of shanglinfu), feisheng (GuoPu's annotation of Erya), flying insect (collection of annotation of Materia Medica), flying bird (Atlas of Materia Medica), flying tiger and songmaoer (mammal of Chinese economic zoology).

[source] it belongs to the whole family of flying squirrels.

[animal form] Brown flying squirrel

The length of the body is 40-50 cm. The tail is round and its length is longer than the body length. The kiss is round and short. Small ears, big eyes. The dorsal hair is black cochlea, the ventral surface is light orange red, the neck is dark brown, and there are brown longitudinal lines extending downward to the chest. It is grayish brown from the groin to the base of the tail, and the tail is dark brown except under the base. The color of the back of the flying membrane is like that of the back of the body, but it is a little dark, and the color of the abdomen is red. There are black circles around the eyes. There is a black spot on the back of the ear shell. The black circle between the ear and eye is orange. The end of hind toe is black or grayish white.

Most of them live in hillside forest area, and nest in tree cave or rock cave. The activity is more frequent in the morning and dusk, and the activity is alternating with climbing, climbing and gliding. The main food is Castanea mollissima leaves, niteng fruit, banyan fruit, litchi, banana and other fruits, and occasionally insects. From February to April. Distributed in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[nature and taste] 1. In the book of classical Chinese medicine: "slightly warm. "

② Compendium: "poisonous. "

[function indications] Ben Jing: "advocate abortion, make labor easy. "