Tibet is the highest province in China, there are many mysterious wild animals here, is a paradise for many wild animals, the number of wild animals living in Tibet ranks third in the country, second only to Sichuan and Yunnan, there are not only wild yaks, Tibetan antelopes, black-necked cranes, wild donkeys, Tibetan snow chickens, red deer Tibetan subspecies, yellow ducks, rock sheep, yellow sheep, pan sheep and other animals that are often heard of, there are many water duck otters, vultures, hemp chickens, Tibetan horse chickens, bears, wild ducks, shell hens, eagles, golden leopards, earth leopards, bison, Tibetan wild donkeys, snow leopards, white-lipped deer Today, Tibet has as many as 41 species of national key protected animals and as many as 84 species of national second-level key protected animals, of which the white-lipped deer is a rare animal unique to China.
In addition, Tibet also has the Tibetan mastiff, the king of dogs that once spread throughout the country; it also has many mysterious legends, such as the Himalayan snowman;
There are 10 to 20 representative species of wild animals in the Tibetan wild code.
1. Snow leopard
snow leopard
Snow leopards live in Tibet, Sichuan, Gansu, Xinjiang, of which Tibet is the most numerous, snow leopards are an extremely interesting animal, they have the ferocity of leopards, but also have the cuteness of cats, sometimes one second is a very serious snow leopard, the next second like a cat galloping and frolicking. Snow leopards mainly to pikas, rabbits, rock sheep, yellow sheep and other wild herbivores as food, generally will not be close to the place where humans live, so full of mystery, their whereabouts are mysterious, rarely appear in the human field of vision, however, in recent years, snow leopards have encountered relatively large difficulties, that is, the threat of wandering Tibetan mastiffs, due to the fading of Tibetan mastiff fever, Tibetan mastiffs in many areas are abandoned, resulting in wandering Tibetan mastiffs often rob the snow leopard's prey, compressing the snow leopard's living space.
2. Rock sheep
Rock sheep
Rock sheep is a unique plateau species in Tibet, mainly living in the alpine areas with sparse woodland, living in groups, in the summer to a small group of more than a dozen, in the winter it is assembled into a large group of hundreds, life is very regular, except for the leading ram, other rams are watching around the group, once the danger occurs, timely warning. Mainly at dusk, they come out to drink water and gather food.
3. Lynx
lynx
Lynx are larger than cats, smaller than leopards, but do not underestimate them, their ferocity is more powerful than lone wolves, usually, lone wolves will be frightened when they meet lynxes, lynx living environment is harsh, can adapt to cold and heat, good at climbing mountains, can endure hunger, is a successful predator.
4. Tibetan brown bear
Tibetan brown bear
Tibetan brown bears are very rare, is one of the most unfamiliar brown bears in the world, Tibetan brown bears live in the woodlands of high mountains, belong to omnivores, is the top beast in Tibet, strong body, fierce temperament.
5. Wild yak
Wild yak
Also known as bison, a national class of protected animals, Tibetan name transliteration Yagui, is the ancestor of the existing domestic yak, which is also one of the few bison breeds in the world, and can maintain the same genes as domestic yaks, wild yaks have a fierce temperament, live in groups, there are also wild yaks living alone, weighing up to two thousand pounds, in addition to the Tibetan brown bear contains enemies.
6. Black-necked crane
Black-necked crane
The black-necked crane is the only crane in the world that survives and breeds on the plateau, and is a bird endemic to our country, with most of its head and neck being black, which is its unique identity, mainly living in swampy areas, hardy.
7. Marmot
marmot
Also known as "groundhog", although the groundhog is not beautiful, but it is an important part of the Tibetan ecosystem, many animals such as foxes, lynx, etc. are used as food, but groundhogs are often advised to stay away because they often carry viruses.
8. Plateau pika
Plateau pika
The most common small animals in the steppe of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are the lowest species in the food chain of the entire grassland ecosystem, and they are numerous and therefore one of the most important ecological species, and together with the marmot, they have become the basis for the survival of many small predators.
9. Tibetan antelope
Tibetan antelope
Tibetan antelope is the largest number of sheep in Tibet, but also the most famous Tibetan wild animals, many familiar with Coco Xili is from the protection of Tibetan antelope, especially in Tibet to build a plateau railway, specially for the migration of Tibetan antelope channel, Tibetan antelope is known as the pride of Coco Xili, is the most outstanding representative of Coco Xili wild animals. It is a nationally protected animal and an endangered animal listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which is strictly prohibited from trade.
10. Red Fox
red fox
There are the main hunters called Firefox, who mainly feed on pikas, rabbits, marmots, etc., and control rodents in the Tibetan grasslands, and they maintain the healthy development of the entire grassland ecology.
11. Tibetan Hartebeest
Tibetan Hartebeest
Also known as the Tibetan yellow sheep, and the Tibetan antelope looks similar but is a different species, in the Inner Mongolia area is also more common, the color is the same as the loess, is conducive to hiding, the abdomen is white, is a unique species of Qinghai-Tibet, but also China's second-class protected animals.
12. Tibetan wild donkey
Hide wild donkeys
Is China's first-class protected animals, the number is rare, although it is called a wild donkey, but the shape is more like a mule, the tail is similar to a horse's tail, so some people are also called wild horses, living in the alpine area above 3600 meters above sea level, has a strong environmental adaptability, hardiness and hunger tolerance.
13. White-lipped deer
White-lipped deer
Also known as rock deer, white-nosed deer, yellow deer, "Hama" (Tibetan), is a relatively large deer, similar in size to the red deer, is a unique animal in China, is China's first-class protected animals.
14. Tibetan red deer
Tibetan red deer
The Tibetan red deer is also a unique species in China and is listed as one of the 15 species (taxa) of wild animals and plants under key protection in the "National Wildlife Conservation and Nature Reserve Construction Project". It was thought to have gone extinct in 1992, but was later found in the Sikkim region and later re-emerged in Tibet.
15. Snow chicken
Snow chicken
The Tibetan snow chicken is the wild chicken with the highest living altitude on the earth, also known as the Himalayan snow chicken, which lives at a lower altitude in winter and at an altitude of more than 8,000 meters in summer, and is an omnivorous animal that feeds on plant seeds and insects.
16. Stone mink
Stone mink
The current number of stone martens is about 5,000, which is a national second-level protected animal, and due to the reduction of habitat, its living environment has become more difficult, and it is a rare small animal on the Tibetan plateau.
17. Golden Eagle
golden eagle
Tibet region is lined with high mountains, mountains, grasslands, swamps and many other topography, very suitable for the survival and reproduction of the golden eagle, the golden eagle belongs to the large eagle, wingspan of two or three meters long, body length of more than one meter, is the overlord in the sky, to small and medium-sized birds and herbivores as food, the rich wildlife on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau provides favorable conditions for the survival of the golden eagle.
18. Red pandas
Red pandas
Also known as red panda, red cat bear, kitten bear, nine-section wolf, etc., the distribution is relatively widespread, in the southern region of China to the Himalayas have this distribution of red pandas, they also mainly use bamboo as food, and giant pandas, in ancient times, are also carnivores.
19. Long-tailed langur
Long-tailed langur
The long-tailed langur mainly lives in the southern Tibetan region of China according to the changes of the season and shows the characteristics of vertical migration, living in groups, and is a first-class protected animal in China.
20. Spotted goose
Spotted geese
Also known as the white-headed goose, the black-striped goose, is a relatively large bird in the geese, high flight height, lifelong monogamy, the geese who have lost their spouses are often used as guards, living in the periphery of the geese group responsible for vigilance, the migration distance is very long.
Tibetan Code 2: King of Dogs Tibetan Mastiff.
Tibetan mastiff is a unique large dog in China, its ancestor is the South China gray wolf, about 10,000 years ago, the early humans in South China domesticated the relatively docile gray wolf as a domestic dog, subsequently, the domestic dog across the Yangtze River Yellow River to the north before the spread, and finally widely accepted by humans in various regions, migrated to Tibetan areas of the domestic dog due to gradual adaptation to the cold environment and after a long period of natural selection, the individual is relatively large, good cold tolerance of the domestic dog was selected, become a Tibetan dog.
Tibetan mastiff
In Tibet, the local domestic dogs are not all Tibetan mastiffs, but more Tibetan dogs, and these Tibetan dogs eventually gradually formed a large dog from a part, that is, the Tibetan mastiff. Tibetan mastiffs have many legends, but the core is that they are good partners of the Tibetan people, whether it is animal husbandry or life, in places where there are many wild animals and many beasts, Tibetan mastiffs are indispensable human partners, Tibetan mastiffs are divided into livestock dogs, housekeeper dogs and stray dogs, the survival of each dog is closely related to the locals, the Tibetan mastiff is a strong guarantee for the life of the locals, it is precisely because of this, it also indirectly protects the survival of wild animals, because of the barrier effect of the Tibetan mastiff, there is no direct contradiction between the Tibetan beasts and the locals. The Tibetan mastiff is this security guarantee.
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Tibet Code Three: Frozen Soil Tower Yellow.
In fact, there is nothing peculiar about the frozen earth tower yellow itself, but their living environment is extremely harsh, in the cold high mountains, the frozen earth tower yellow blooms proudly on the snowy mountain, this symbolic meaning is very popular with people, the Tibetan permafrost tower yellow can grow to more than one meter, Huabao is very large, like a pagoda.
Frozen soil tower yellow and stilted
Beautiful and huge permafrost tower yellow.
Frozen tower yellow
Tibetan Code Four: Himalayan Snowman
At the foot of Mount Everest, the legend of the snowman is well known, and there have long been many legends about the snowman, known locally as the "Night Emperor" because the snowman usually haunts when the sky is dark.
There are also many legends about the Himalayan snowman in history:
In 1951, the American Ebanes mountaineering team found the large footprints of the snowman near the Maha Glacier, and that year, the famous British mountaineer Eric Sipton and his companions also saw a series of huge footprints in the snow of the Himalayas, with footprints about 33 centimeters long and about 20 centimeters wide.
Snowman imagination diagram
In 1956, the Polish journalist Marian Belitsky made a special trip to Tibet to investigate the snowman, he did not find anything new, but interviewed witnesses, someone found a small snowman covered in hair, but it was identified as a brown bear.
In 1958, the French geologist Bauardt found a large footprint more than 30 centimeters long and more than 10 centimeters wide on the Peak of Kallu.
But so far, there is no definitive photographic record of the snowman, all of which are oral accounts, but there are many related legends. There is still no conclusive as to what the yeti is, but it is certain that there is a large creature that operates in the Himalayas.
Himalayan snowman imagination
Tibet is a beautiful place, a paradise for wild animals, we should protect this piece of pure land, understand Tibet, love Tibet!