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Today is the International Day for the Protection of Rare Animals, do you know what rare animals are?
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Rare animals refer to vulnerable, near-threatened, endangered, and critically endangered animals that are threatened due to various factors, including habitat destruction, environmental pollution, overhunting, climate change, etc. In the world, there are different degrees of extinction of rare animals in various countries, so April 8 of each year is designated as the International Rare Animal Protection Day.
Honghe Prefecture has beautiful ecology and pleasant scenery, the Red River (Yuanjiang) and Nanpan River (Pearl River) pass through, the three-dimensional climate characteristics are obvious, the biodiversity is prominent, and it is known as the "biological gene bank of southern Yunnan", with a forest coverage rate of 59.24%, 42 nature reserves of various types and 296,000 public items, 6 national and provincial nature reserves, 32 national and provincial natural parks, and is one of the areas with the largest number and categories of nature reserves above the provincial level in Yunnan. Reproduction provides unique conditions.
For a long time, Honghe Prefecture has been actively committed to the protection of wild animals and plants, comprehensively carried out dynamic investigation and monitoring, actively rescued rare and endangered species, continuously strengthened departmental law enforcement, continued to implement epidemic source and disease monitoring, solidly built an insurance overall planning mechanism, enriched and innovated publicity and education forms, and the number of wild animal and plant species continued to increase, with a total of 5,667 species of seed plants, accounting for 20.49% of the country and 40.2% of the province, and 690 species of terrestrial vertebrate wild animals, accounting for 25.3% of the country and 50% of the province. Among them, there are 102 species of wild animals under national key protection, accounting for 30.45% of the country and 51.26% of the province.
I'm in the state of these
There are so many "national treasure" animals
The editor has compiled 8 types
Let's take a look
Canopy Elf: Western black-crested gibbon
Wildlife under national first-class key protection
Photographed in the Amu Mountain Provincial Nature Reserve
The western black-crested gibbon is one of the smaller apes in the current living anthropoids, with a population of about 1,000 in the world, and is a national first-class key protected wild animal, and is listed as one of the critically endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Because of its activities and foraging, it passes through the canopy or middle layer of tall trees, and rarely moves down the tree, so it is called "crown elf". The western black-crested gibbon mainly inhabits the tropical rainforest, monsoon forest and subtropical mid-mountain humid evergreen broad-leaved forest, its habitat is about 1000~2500 meters above sea level, and its activities and foraging are carried out in the canopy or middle layer of tall trees, and it rarely goes down to the tree, which is a typical arboreal small ape. Western black-crested gibbons live in small family groups, with monogamous and monogamous spouses coexisting.
Born to love "gossip": the civet cat
Wildlife under national first-class key protection
Photographed in Jinping Watershed National Nature Reserve
The civet cat is a civet cat whose body size is only smaller than that of the big civet, with a "eight" shaped spot on the shoulder, and 4 wide and large black horizontal spots on the back, so it is also called "transverse civet" or "gossip cat". It is endemic to the border areas of northern Vietnam, southern Yunnan and Laos, and is only distributed in Malipo, Maguan, Hekou, Pingbian, Jinping and Luchun in southern Yunnan. Civets mostly move along rivers and ravines and forage for food. The altitude of the habitat is generally below 500 meters. The civet cat is alert by nature, day and night, and is rarely photographed nationwide.
Silence is golden: the black-necked pheasant
National first-class key protected animals
Photographed in Hoang Lien Shan National Nature Reserve
Black-necked long-tailed pheasant, commonly known as ground flower chicken, pine feather chicken, dumb chicken, is a large bird of the family Pheasantidae, a national first-class key protected wild animal, listed as near threatened (NT) by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and listed as a rare species in the Red Book of Endangered Animals of China. It mainly inhabits broad-leaved forests, mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests, sparse shrubs, grasslands and forest edge areas at an altitude of 500-3000 meters, and especially prefers to be active in the mixed sparse forests and forest edge areas of rocky slopes with developed and rocky ferns, artemisia grass and shrub plants at an altitude of 1000-2000 meters. It is mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi and other places in China, and mainly in northeast India, northwest Thailand and northern Myanmar abroad.
Peacock "Cinderella": Gray peacock pheasant
Wildlife under national first-class key protection
The infrared camera was taken in the key public welfare forest in Hekou County
The gray peacock pheasant is a bird that prefers to be active in forests and bushes. They are usually active in the morning and late afternoon, and during the day they take refuge in the shade of leaves and branches. The grey peacock pheasant mainly eats insects, small reptiles and plant seeds, etc., and also eats some fruits and berries. The grey peafowl pheasant is mainly found in the forests and jungles of countries such as India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. Within China, they are mainly found in the mountainous and hilly areas of Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, etc. Due to the impact of human destruction and environmental pollution, the population of the gray peafowl pheasant has gradually decreased, and it has now become an endangered species.
Fairy in the woods: White Pheasant
National second-class protected wild animals
Photographed in Tai Wai Mountain National Nature Reserve
The white pheasant is a bird of the genus Pheasant of the order Pheasantidae, also known as the silver pheasant, the silver pheasant, the bird, the bird, and the white pheasant. It inhabits evergreen broad-leaved forests and valley rainforests with dense forests and sparse understory plants, and eats insects, plant stems, leaves, fruits and seeds, etc., and is distributed in China, Myanmar, Thailand and the Indochina Peninsula. The white pheasant is the totem beast of the Hani ethnic minority in the mainland, and there are various legends about the white pheasant in the Hani people: the legend has that the Hani people were originally nomadic people in the north, but the wars and natural disasters in the north have occurred frequently for many years, and the ancestors of the Hani people decided to go south to find a way to survive. Finally came to Yunnan, who knew that when the leader led the tribe to move south into Ailao Mountain, he strayed into the primeval forest and got lost. The head man sent people out to find a way out many times, but to no avail. Just when the head man was struggling with how to solve the problem of survival, he suddenly saw a white bird flying overhead, making a chirping sound, a bit like greeting himself. The leader didn't pay much attention, and the white pheasant flew in one direction, screaming as if to keep them along. But the head man was distressed and paid no attention to the white pheasant. After a while, the white bird flew back and called again in the same way. At this time, the leader looked at the white pheasant curiously and found that it seemed to be guiding itself. So he took the tribesmen to follow, and in this way, the Hani people climbed over the three mountains in the song of the white pheasant, and finally walked out of the primeval forest. Since then, the white pheasant has become the totem beast of the Hani tribe and is worshipped.
The most beautiful bird in the world: the purple waterfowl
National second-class key protected wild animals
Photographed at Yilong Lake in Shiping
The purple water fowl is a national second-class protected animal and a non-threatened and near threatened (LC) species on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species. Purple waterfowl inhabits rivers, lakes, ponds, marshes and reeds around dams with aquatic plants. They often move in small groups, are good swimmers, not good at flying, and are mostly active in the early morning and dusk, and hide in the reeds during the day. It feeds on shoots, leaves, roots, stems, flowers, seeds, insects, mollusks, etc., of aquatic and semi-aquatic plants. Purple waterfowl was once widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere. In the 20th century, its population declined dramatically around the world, and its distribution area shrank, and then it recovered to a certain extent, and its distribution area expanded again. According to the literature, the purple water pheasant is a common species in southern Yunnan, distributed in Jingdong, Gengma, Tengchong, Shiping, Xishuangbanna, Mangshi and other places.
Social phobia: concave tortoise
National second-class protected animals
Photographed in Lianhuatan Township, Hekou County
The tortoise is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan and other places in China, and in Southeast Asian countries such as Cambodia, Malaysia and Myanmar abroad, and is very rarely distributed in Dawei Mountain National Nature Reserve. In the wild, the concave tortoise mainly inhabits tropical and subtropical forest areas above 1200 meters above sea level, and has been recorded to feed on plants. Tortoises have a violent temperament, and when frightened or picked up, their heads will retract into their shells and make a "whoosh, whoosh" sound, and their sharp limbs will scratch randomly. This species has a strong nest love, has a relatively fixed habitat, is very afraid of cold, when the temperature is lower than 18 °C, it will reduce its activity, and gradually enter a state of hibernation in the sand or burrows.
The "strangulation king" who can't strangle himself: the python
National second-class key protected wild animals
Photographed in Tai Wai Mountain National Nature Reserve
Python, also known as python, Burmese python, southern snake, qin snake. Pythons are large, primitive snakes, non-venomous, and can reach a length of 6 to 7 meters. Pythons are mainly distributed in South China in China, and mainly in the South Asian subcontinent to the Indochina Peninsula abroad. According to the List of Wild Animals under National Key Protection published by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs [2021] Announcement No. 3, the python has been adjusted from a national first-class key protected wild animal to a second-class species, and an Appendix II species of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is listed as Vulnerable (VU), the Red List of Biodiversity of China – Vertebrates (2020) is listed as Critically Endangered (EN), and the Yunnan Red List of Biological Species (2017 Edition) is listed as Critically Endangered (CR).
What is the importance of protecting wildlife?
Protecting wildlife is to protect human beings, and wild animals are an important part of the natural ecosystem and an important part of maintaining the balance of the ecosystem. Many wild animals such as frogs, snakes, birds, etc. prey on pests and rodents, protect agricultural and forestry plants, reduce the damage of pesticides to the environment, and killing wild animals will cause a sharp decrease in the number of species or even extinction, so that the ecosystem is destroyed, and eventually lead to environmental degradation and abnormal climate. Human production and life must rely on the natural environment to provide resources, and the destruction of the natural environment will inevitably endanger the survival and development of human beings. Therefore, if you find that a wild animal is injured or in distress, please contact the local forestry and grassland department, forest public security organ, and wildlife rescue agency in time, and the relevant departments will carry out wildlife shelter and rescue on the spot and nearby.
Correspondents: Luo Zhiguo, Li Fan, He Jianghai, Peng Jiayun, Han Lianxian, Zhao Jibing, Li Weijian/photo
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