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Background  The intestinal microbes in mammals play a key role in host metabolism and adaptation. As a subterranean rodent, zokor digs tunnels for foraging and mating. These digging activities of zokors increase the energy expenditure relative to their aboveground counterparts. However, relatively little is known regarding intestinal microbes of zokor and how they make full use of limited food resources underground for high energy requirements.    Results   Eospalax cansus  and  Eospalax rothschildi  had distinct intestinal microbes. Although the composition of intestinal microbes is similar in two species, the proportion of bacterium are distinctly different between them. At phylum level, 11 phyla were shared between two species. Firmicutes and Bacteroidota were two dominant microbes in both of two species, while  Eospalax cansus  have a significantly high proportion of Firmicutes/Bacteroidota than that of  Eospalax rothschildi . At genus level,  norank_f_Muribaculaceae  were dominant microbes in both of two zokor species. The relative abundance of 12 genera were significantly different between two species. Some bacterium including  unclassified_f__Lachnospiraceae, Lachnospiraceae_NK4A136_group, Ruminococcus  and  Eubacterium_siraeum_group  associated with cellulose degradation were significantly enriched in  Eospalax cansus . Although alpha diversity was with no significant differences between  Eospalax cansus  and  Eospalax rothschildi , the intestinal microbes between them are significant distinct in PCoA analysis. We have found that trapping location affected the alpha diversity values, while sex and body measurements had no effect on alpha diversity values. PICRUSt metagenome predictions revealed significant enrichment of microbial genes involved in carbohydrate metabolism in  Eospalax cansus  rather than  Eospalax rothschildi .    Conclusions  Our results demonstrate that  Eospalax cansus  harbor a stronger ability of fermentation for dietary plants than  Eospalax rothschildi . The stronger ability of fermentation and degradation of cellulose of intestinal microbes of  Eospalax cansus  may be a long-time adaptation to limited food resources underground.    Supplementary Information  The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12917-021-02911-z.

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Functional differentiation related to decomposing complex carbohydrates of intestinal microbes between two wild zokor species based on 16SrRNA sequences