Muping Town is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and the county seat of Baoxing County in

Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

province of

southwest China Southwestern China () is a region in the People's Republic of China. It consists of five provincial administrative regions, namely Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Xizang. Geography Southwestern China is a rugged and mountainous region, ...

. In the late 1800s, under its alternative rendering Moupin, it developed a reputation for biodiversity among western naturalists, so a number of species carry the name Moupin or the specific epithets ''moupinensis'' and ''moupinense'', these include the Moupin pig, Moupin pika,

Moupin broad-muzzled bat The Moupin broad-muzzled bat ''(Submyotodon moupinensis)'' is a bat in the family Vespertilionidae endemic to southern China. Description It has a head-body length of , forearm length of , and tail length of . The fur is long and silky, a yell ...

, '' Pterolophia moupinensis'', '' Salix moupinensis'', and '' Fragaria moupinensis''.

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Towns in Sichuan Ya'an County seats of China {{Sichuan-geo-stub

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