Rare Wild Animals

This album shows rare wild mammals, birds, amphibians and reptiles in China that are under first- and second-grade state protection. The physical features, distribution and habits of each species are described in explanatory text.

With its vast area, diverse landscape and climate variations, China harbors a rich variety of wildlife. It is one of ten countries with the largest numbers of biological species in the world. In terms of temperature, the nation can be divided from south to north into equatorial, tropical, subtropical, warm-temperate, temperate and cold-temperate zones. In terms of moisture, it can also be divided from southeast to northwest into humid, semi-humid, semiarid and arid zones. China's topography is varied and complicated, with towering mountains, different sized basins, undulating plateaus and fertile plains.

Book title: Rare Wild Animals 
by Yang Chunyan (Author), Zhang Cizu (Photographer), Li Jing (Translator) 
Published by Foreign Languages Press, 2002 
Language: English 
Culture of China Series:  
ISBN: 7119030604 9787119030609 
Paperback, illustrated, dimension 190mm x 170mm, 107 pages

中文名: 中国珍奇野生动物 
作者: 张词祖 编 
语种: 英语 
出版社: 外文出版社 
出版日期: 2002年7月1日 
ISBN: 9787119030609 
装帧: 平装 
开本: 32开 
页码: 106

List of key protected wild animals in China

中国原林业部和农业部根据《中华人民共和国野生动物保护法》的相关规定，制定并发布由国家重点保护的珍贵、濒危野生动物的名录。其中保护级别分为一级和二级，并且对水生、陆生动物作了具体划分，明确了由渔业、林业行政主管部门分别主管的具体种类。
2021年2月5日，国家林业和草原局、农业农村部，经国务院批准，向公众发布《国家重点保护野生动物名录》。《名录》列入野生动物980种和8类，其中国家一级保护野生动物234种和1类、国家二级保护野生动物746种和7类。
其中国家一级保护动物有
懒猴、蜂猴、熊猴、台湾猴、豚尾猴、叶猴、金丝猴、长臂猿、马来熊、大熊猫、紫貂、貂熊、熊狸、云豹、豹、虎、雪豹、儒艮、白鳍豚、中华白海豚、亚洲象、蒙古野驴、西藏野驴、野马、野骆驼、鼷鹿、黑麂、白唇鹿、坡鹿、梅花鹿、豚鹿、麋鹿、野牛、野牦牛、羚牛、普氏原羚、藏羚羊、高鼻羚羊、扭角羚、台湾鬣羚、赤斑羚、塔尔羊、北山羊、河狸、短尾信天翁、白腹军舰鸟、白鹳、黑鹳、朱鹮、中华秋沙鸭、金雕、白肩雕、玉带海雕、白尾海雕、虎头海雕、拟兀鹫、胡兀鹫、细嘴松鸡、斑尾榛鸡、雉鹑、四川山鹧鸪、海南山鹧鸪、黑头角雉、红胸角雉、灰腹角雉、黄腹角雉、虹雉、褐马鸡、蓝鹇、黑颈长尾雉、白颈长尾雉、黑长尾雉、孔雀雉、绿孔雀、黑颈鹤、白头鹤、白头叶猴、丹顶鹤、白鹤、赤颈鹤、鸨、遗鸥、四爪陆龟、鼋、鳄蜥、巨蜥、蟒、扬子鳄、新疆大头鱼、中华鲟、达氏鲟、白鲟、红珊瑚、库氏砗磲、鹦鹉螺、中华蛩蠊、金斑喙凤蝶、多鳃孔舌形虫、黄岛长吻虫、东北虎、华南虎、猎隼。

Tags: Chinese culture, Nature Conservation, wildlife, species, Giant panda