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The tiger is one of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, and figures prominently in Chinese culture and history. Tiger bones are used in traditional Chinese medicine and tiger fur is used for decoration. The animal is vulnerable to poaching and habitat loss. Four tiger populations were native to China.
The Rainforest of Xishuangbanna in the Yunnan Province of China is one of the largest forests in Asia at 19,223 km 2 (7,422 sq mi). [ 1 ] In recent years the region has been opened up to use in a large scale and the primary forests , especially rainforests , have been severely destroyed.
The Chinese endangered species classifications are updated relatively infrequently, and a number of species deemed to be endangered by international bodies have not yet been so recognized in China. Many of the listed species are endemic to the country, such as the groove-toothed flying squirrel and the Ili pika .
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is the national animal of China. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in China.There are 495 mammal species in China, of which thirteen are critically endangered, twenty-four are endangered, forty-seven are vulnerable, and seven are near threatened.
The giant panda lives exclusively in six montane regions in a few Chinese provinces at elevations of up to 3,000 m (9,800 ft). It is solitary and gathers only in mating seasons. It relies on olfactory communication to communicate and uses scent marks as chemical cues and on landmarks like rocks or trees. Females rear cubs for an average of 18 ...
Annual rainfall in this ecoregion varies from a low of about 1,800 mm in the Red River Basin to a high of about 2,850 mm near the Chinese border, where there are only two months with less than 50 mm rainfall and no totally dry months. Temperature regimes in the north have a strong seasonality, with cool winter conditions and hot and humid summers.
New footage has emerged of a sun bear waving in a Chinese zoo, amid claims the animal is actually a human in disguise.. Speculation began when an initial clip from Hangzhou Zoo in China’s east ...
Chinese giant salamanders for sale in a restaurant in Hongqiao Town (虹桥镇) in Zhejiang, China for 880 CNY/jin, or about 215 EUR/kg or US$127/lb. Such prices make them an attractive target for poaching. [41] In the past, the Chinese giant salamander was fairly common and widespread in China. [1]