Information on China's endangered creatures, plus points for good ones

Bee monkeys live in the rainforest areas of eastern Asia at elevations below 1,000 meters. In China, a small number of them live in the forests of Guangxi and Yunnan. Bee monkeys move slowly, so they are easy to catch. They mainly eat insects, bird eggs, sleeping mammals and snakes. Threats to their survival include deforestation, being used as game and other body parts for traditional medicines. Bee monkeys are a nationally protected species

Dolphin deer

Once found in areas of Asia near riverbanks and wetlands, the dolphin deer is now endangered in China. At about 60 centimeters tall at the shoulder, this deer is one of the smallest in the deer family. Adult deer weigh about 20-30 kilograms. Threats to the survival of the deer are mainly their meat used as game and their antlers used as medicinal herbs. Dolphin deer belong to the national level protected animals.

Asian Water Lizard

This lizard lives only in Asia and frequents the water's edge. The body color and body pattern vary according to the region they belong to, but fade as they grow. They can be up to 2 meters long and can weigh more than 25 kilograms. They eat almost anything, from fish to insects to small rodents. The biggest threat this lizard faces is being used as game, especially in southern China. It is also threatened by deforestation. The Asian water lizard is classified as a national-level protected animal.

Little Gull

The Little Gull is the smallest of the gulls, with a short, narrow beak, red legs and a short tail. It generally lives in coastal areas, as well as estuaries, mudflats, coasts and lakes. It mainly eats insects, fish, molluscs and crustaceans. Threats to the survival of little gulls are mainly habitat destruction and use as game. In China, the little gull is extremely rare and is a nationally protected animal.

White-billed swan

The yellow-billed swan is mainly found in Eurasia and is very aggressive and territorial. They lay their eggs in lakes in the north but migrate to the south in winter. The plumage is white and the beak is yellow with a black tip. Threats to the Yellow-billed Swan's survival are mainly habitat destruction and the use of game meat and feathers for traditional medicinal purposes. The yellow-billed swan is a national-level protected animal.

White-necked Long-tailed Pheasant

White-necked Long-tailed Pheasant

White-necked Long-tailed Pheasant is only found in the bushes and bamboo forests of Southeast China, it is shy and very alert. The sides of the neck are white, the wings have a striped pattern, and the belly is white. Males and females differ greatly in appearance. The main threats to their survival are deforestation and hunting for game. The white-necked long-tailed pheasant is a national-level protected animal.

Saiga antelope

Some saiga antelopes survive in Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan, but the saiga antelope that once inhabited northwestern China's Xinjiang province has not been seen for 30 years. This antelope prefers to live in the cold deserts of northern Asia. Saiga antelopes are now protected worldwide, but in the past they were hunted to the brink of extinction and their body parts, especially their horns, which are used in traditional medicine, were sought by humans. The Saiga antelope is now a national protected species.

Pygmy Owl

The pygmy owl lives in Asia, where it can be found in a variety of forests at altitudes of 800-3,500 meters. This owl has a grayish-brown to reddish upperparts and grayish-white underparts, and is adorned with "false eyes". The Pygmy Owl often perches high in the trees and uses its super-sharp eyesight to hunt for food. The main threats to their survival are deforestation and consumer demand for meat. The pygmy owl is now a Class II protected species.

The Snub-nosed Golden Monkey English Name: Snnb-nosed Golden Monkey Scientific Name: Rhinpitheius roxellanae China's golden monkeys include three species: the Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, because the Yunnan golden monkeys live far away from Yunnan and Tibet in the snow-covered cedar forests, with a population of only 1,000, and the Guizhou golden monkeys are found only in the Fanjingshan Mountains in Guizhou, with a population of only 700, which is more familiar to everyone. The more familiar one is the Sichuan Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana), which is found in Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei, and Gansu, and lives in the mountains and forests in groups. The golden snub-nosed monkey is a member of the order Primates, the monkey family, and the genus Rhinopithecus. Within this genus of snub-nosed monkeys, there is another family of snub-nosed monkeys outside of China, the Vietnamese snub-nosed monkeys, which are small, long-tailed, vegetarian monkeys with black bellies and pale yellow inner limbs, of which there are only 200 inhabiting the northern part of Vietnam. All three species are Grade 1 protected animals, with the Yunnan and Guizhou snub-nosed monkeys being "endangered" under the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red Book and the Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys "vulnerable" (and the Vietnamese snub-nosed monkeys "critically endangered").

The Yangtze River: Albino Dolphin English name: Yangtze river dolphin Scientific name: Lipotes vexlifer The albino dolphin is an endemic water animal in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in China, and there are more than 70 kinds of dolphins in the world, with only 5 kinds of freshwater ones, and this is the only kind of freshwater whale in China. It has a narrow distribution and is older and rarer than the giant panda. The albino dolphin has a delicate body, slippery skin, a sword-like long muzzle, and a spindle-shaped body. Eyes as small as beans, ears as small as a needle, upper and lower jaw densely covered with more than 130 small teeth, the upper left side of the head has a round nostril, every 20 seconds out of the water to change the air, although the ability to see and hear is poor, but the sonar system is developed, the ability of ultrasonic echo-location of any modern submarine can not hope to be, when the group is washed up after the dispersal of the group, they use a high-frequency sonar can be more than ten kilometers away from their companions to get in touch. Albino dolphins are already a beautiful and legendary animal destined for extinction at our hands, and have been dubbed by international conservationists as a "living dead species". Currently there is only one in captivity, named "Ki Ki". Its survival is threatened by the encirclement of the Yangtze River, harmful fishing gear, the construction of locks and dams, busy shipping, fishing and serious pollution. It has been listed as a "critically endangered" species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red Book, and is also a first-class protected animal in China.

The Soul of China: South China Tiger English Name: Chinese Tiger Scientific Name: Panthera tigris amoyensis The South China Tiger, known as the "Chinese Tiger" in English, is a subspecies endemic to China, and was originally one of the most widely distributed and numerous tigers in China, with a relatively small body size but with the oldest qualifications. There is only one species of tiger in the world. There is only one kind of tiger in the world, all of which are produced in Asia, and there are still eight subspecies in the last century: Bengal tiger, Northeast tiger, Java tiger, South China tiger, Caspian tiger, Bali tiger, Sumatran tiger, but the latter three subspecies have become extinct one after another, and the Xinjiang tiger in China (it is not clear which subspecies it belongs to) became extinct in the beginning of the 20th century. The South China tiger weighs about 149-225 kilograms for males and 90-120 kilograms for females. The South China tiger is endangered, with a population of about 20 in the wild, distributed in isolated islands, and with a scarcity of prey. The 50 tigers in captivity are severely inbred, and the degradation phenomenon is very obvious. There are several exotic color forms of tigers, such as the white tiger from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India, the black tiger from Dongling, Hebei Province, China (extinct in the late 19th century) and the blue tiger from Fujian, China (extinct). The South China tiger is classified as "endangered" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red Book, and is a Grade I protected animal in China.

The Pearl of the Orient: Crested Ibis English name: Crested Ibis Scientific name: Nipponia nippon If you ask what is the rarest bird in China, then the crested ibis should be on the top of the list. 1981 finally found 2 nests of 7 crested ibis in Yaojiagou in Yangxian County, Shaanxi Province, the crested ibis survived, is due to the mountains of Yangxian County, there are adapted to the existence of its natural conditions, a wetland foraging conditions, and high tree nesting conditions. The people here do not cut down the forests indiscriminately because they respect their ancestors' graveyard, which provides an opportunity for this exotic bird to survive. The highly endangered ibis is related to overhunting, forest decline and extensive use of pesticides and fertilizers. According to a superstitious legend, the word "ibis" literally means an extinct bird, because it is composed of the characters for "four" and "sorrow", which means "bird of death and sorrow". How can a "bird of death and sorrow" not be extinct? But the people of Yangxian County do not believe in evil, in order to protect the crested ibis, they paid a huge price, in the crested ibis foraging ground, do not apply pesticides and fertilizers, do not catch loaches, frogs, let the crested ibis come and go. At the beginning of the new century, the number of crested ibis in China has reached 248, can be said to have escaped from extinction, or even highly endangered doom. iucn red book "endangered" level.

Kan be called the national bird: Brown Eared Pheasand English name: Brown Eared Pheasand Scientific name: Crossoptilon mantchuricum Brown Eared Pheasants are a kind of China in Shanxi Pangquangou, Hebei Xiaowutai Mountain and Beijing Mentougou rare birds, because the ear by two snow white ear feathers, like a long horns, or some people call the horns of the chicken or chicken ear. After the tail feathers upward, the spread hanging down, like a horse's tail, so the name of the horse chicken, horse chicken genus *** there are four species, are produced in China, both the Tibetan horse chicken, white horse chicken, blue horse chicken and brown horse chicken. The Brown Pheasant is internationally known as the Giant Panda, and has been placed on the emblem of the World Pheasant Association. Many zoologists have suggested that the Brown Pheasant should be designated as the national bird of China. At present, the Brown Horse Cockatoo is an "endangered" level of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red Book, a first-class protected animal.