The Dafengding Nature Reserve () is located in
Meigu County,
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, and in the
Mabian Yi Autonomous County
Mabian Yi Autonomous County (; ii, ꂶꀜꆈꌠꊨꏦꏱꅉꑤ max bie nuo su zyt jie jux dde xiep) is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Leshan city. In 2020 it had a population of 188,251. The population is ...
in
Leshan prefecture-level city, both in
Sichuan Province in the
People's Republic of China.
* Elevation: 1240 – 3835 meters (Meigu reserve); 1200–4042 meters (Mabian reserve)
* Area: 159.50 sq. kilometers (Meigu reserve); 301.46 sq. kilometers (Mabian reserve)
* Established: 1978
The southernmost population of pandas live in this area. Beside the
giant panda
The giant panda (''Ailuropoda melanoleuca''), also known as the panda bear (or simply the panda), is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its bold black-and-white coat and rotund body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes us ...
, fauna in the reserve include:
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red panda
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Asiatic black bears
The Asian black bear (''Ursus thibetanus''), also known as the Asiatic black bear, moon bear and white-chested bear, is a medium-sized bear species native to Asia that is largely adapted to an arboreal lifestyle. It lives in the Himalayas, sout ...
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blue sheep
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giant salamanderbr>
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golden snub-nosed monkey, golden monkey
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goral
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leopard
The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia, a ...
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clouded leopard
The clouded leopard (''Neofelis nebulosa''), also called the mainland clouded leopard, is a wild cat inhabiting dense forests from the foothills of the Himalayas through mainland Southeast Asia into South China. In the early 19th century, a cl ...
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macaque
The macaques () constitute a genus (''Macaca'') of gregarious Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae. The 23 species of macaques inhabit ranges throughout Asia, North Africa, and (in one instance) Gibraltar. Macaques are principally ...
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muntjac
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sambar
References
External links
China Species Information Service - Meigu reserveCSIS - Mabian reserve
Nature reserves in China
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Nature reserves of Sichuan
Tourist attractions in Sichuan
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