Chinese Wildlife By Sean Jordan De Lawder Jr

Chinese Wildlife By Sean Jordan De. Lawder, Jr.

Biomes ► Deciduous Forest ► Desert ► Tropical Rainforest ► Grassland ► Alpine Biological Diversity ► ► Diversity of biomes = diversity of plants and animals China’s biological diversity is greater than North America all of North America or Europe. There are over 30, 000 plant species native to China contains more bird species than any other country.

Interesting Animals Java Green Peafowl Eurasian Lynx Saiga Antelope Yak Raccoon Dog

Interesting Animals Southern Chinese Tiger Red Panda Binturong (Asian Bearcat) Amur Leopard

The Giant Panda China’s national Animal ► ► ► ► Native to Central and Southern China Giant Pandas are two to three feet tall standing up. Females weigh up to 220 lbs, while males can weigh up to 250 lbs. There around 1, 600 Giant Pandas left in the wild. They are classified as endangered by World Conservation Union. A wild Pandas diet is 99% bamboo and 1% grass and small rodents. A healthy panda eats between 20 and 40 pounds of bamboo a day. Pandas have a very slow breeding rate. Although these creatures are very cute, they are just as dangerous as any other bear.

Other Endangered Animals Endangered species ► ► ► ► ► Siberian and South China Tiger Golden Monkey Snow Leopard Crested Ibis Brown Eared Pheasant Chinese Alligator Asian Elephant Wild Bactrian Camel Pere David’s Deer What’s being done? As of 2000, there were 78 threatened species (20% of the total species). ► Measures are being taken to reduce this number. ► Over 574 forest and nature reserves have been established. ► The Government has recently begun to create regulations to help protect these animals. ►

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