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National dish: Peking duck [13] China's globally recognized national dish is the Peking duck. [14] National Poet: Li Bai [15] [16] [17] Li Bai, also known as Li Bo, courtesy name Taibai, art name Qinglian Jushi, was a Chinese poet, acclaimed from his own time to the present as a brilliant and romantic figure who took traditional poetic forms to ...
Country Name of animal Scientific name ()Picture Ref. Albania Golden eagle (national bird) : Aquila chrysaetos [1] [2] Algeria Fennec fox (national animal): Vulpes zerda [3] Argentina
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.
Because of its importance in Chinese culture, the red-crowned crane was selected by the National Forestry Bureau of the People's Republic of China as a candidate for the title of national animal of China. This decision was deferred due to the red-crowned crane's Latin name translation as "Japanese crane". [49]
The giant panda is endemic to China, where it is an endangered and protected species. The snub-nosed monkey, another endangered and endemic species. China's vast and diverse landscape is home to a profound variety and abundance of wildlife.
This is a list of national birds, including official birds of overseas territories and other states described as nations. Most species in the list are officially designated. Most species in the list are officially designated.
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Pandas have been kept in zoos as early as the Western Han Dynasty in China, where the writer Sima Xiangru noted that the panda was the most treasured animal in the emperor's garden of exotic animals in the capital Chang'an (present Xi'an). Not until the 1950s were pandas again recorded to have been exhibited in China's zoos. [111]