From March of l997 toJune of l998, we investigated five main hacrohabitat trpes insouthern Dzungaria Basin of Xinjiang China. These whcrohabitats are defined on the basis of the terrainand the vegetation. This study showed there were four species in there ndcrohabitats:l. Rhombomys opimus inhabitated mainly in type Ⅲ microhabitat, Meriones meridianus in type Ⅱmicrohabitat, Salpingotus crassicauda almost in Ⅳ, Dipus sagtta can be observed in all types.2 .The Ancrohabitat use of both bipedal rodent and quadmp...