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Animal species classified

 

MAMMALIA

Carnivora

Viverridae (Civets, 灵猫科)

Viverrinae (Genets, Linsang, Oriental Civets)

Prionodon pardicolor – Spotted Linsang –斑灵狸 – Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong

Viverra zibetha – Indian Civet - 大灵猫

Viverricula indica- Lesser Indian Civet - 小灵猫

Viverra megaspila –Malabar Civet -大斑灵狸

 

Paradoxurinae (Palm Civets)

Paradoxurus hermaphroditus – Common PalmCivet - 椰子猫

Paguma larvata – Masked Palm Civet -花面狸, 果子狸

Arctogalidia trivirgata – Small Toothed Palm Civet - 小齿椰子猫

Chrotogale owstoni – Owston’s Palm Civet -横斑灵猫, 缟灵猫

Arctictis binturong – Binturong (Arctic) -熊狸 – S. Yunnan

Herpestidae (Mongoose)

Herpestes javanicus – Small Indian Mongoose -红颊獴

Herpestes urva -  Crab Eating Mongoose –食蟹獴

Mustelidae (鼬科)

Mustelinae

Gulo gulo – Wolverine – 貂熊, 狼灌 – Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang

Martes zibellina – Sable – 紫貂 – NE, Xinjiang

Martes foina – Beech Martin – 石貂

Martes flavigula – Yellow-Throated or Himalayan Martin – 黄喉貂

Mustela altaica – Mountain Weasel -香鼬

Mustela erminea – Ermine -白鼬

Mustela nivalis- Least Weasel - 伶鼬

Mustela kathiah – Yellow Bellied Weasel - 黄腹鼬

Mustela eversmanni (amurensis) – Steppe Pole Cat -小艾鼬

Mustela sibirica –Siberian Weasel - 黄鼬

Mustela strigidorsa- Black-striped weasel - 纹鼬

Mustela (Vormela)  peregusna- Marbled Pole Cat -虎鼬

Melinae

Meles meles – Eurasian Badger –狗獾

Arctonyx collaris – Hog Badger -猪獾

Melogale moschata – Chinese Ferret Badger -鼬獾

Melogale personata - Burmese Ferret Badger -缅甸鼬獾

Lutrinae

Lutra lutra - Eurasian river otter – 水獭 – national

Amblonyx cinereus – Asian Clawless Otter –小爪水獭

Lutra perspicillata – Smooth Otter - 江獭 – Guangdong, Yunnan

Felidae (猫科)

Felinae

Felis bieti – Chinese Desert Cat – 荒漠猫

Felis Chaus – Jungle Cat, Swamp Lynx -丛林猫

Felis (Lynx) Lynx –Eurasian Lynx - 猞猁 – nationally

Felis (Otocolobus) manul  - Pallas Cat - 兔狲- NE, NW, Sichuan

Felis (Catopuma) temmincki- Asiatic or Temminck's Golden Cat- 金猫 - Shaanxi, S. of Yangzi

Felis silvestris libyca –African Jungle Cat -草原斑猫

Felis (Prionailurus) viverrinus  – Fishing Cat –

Felis (Prionailurus) bengalensis  – Leopard Cat -豹猫

Pantherinae

Neofelis nebulosa – Clouded Leopard – 云豹 – S of Yangzi, Shaanxi, Gansu

Panthera pardus – Leopard – , 金钱豹 - Guangdong

Panthera tigris – Tiger – – NE, S, Yunnan

Panthera (Uncia) uncia – Snow Leopard – 雪豹  - Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia

Felis (Pardofelis) marmorata– Marbled Cat -云猫

Canidae

Nyctereutes procyonoides – Raccoon Dog -

Canis lupus- Grey Wolf -

Vulpes vulpes – Red Fox - 赤狐

Vulpes corsac – Corsac Fox - 沙狐

Vulpes ferrilata – Tibetan Fox - 藏狐

Procyonidae

Ailurus fulgens- Red Panda - 小熊猫 - Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet

Ursus thibetanus – Asiatic Black Bear - 黑熊

Helarctos malayanus – Sun Bear - 马来熊

Ursus arctos – Brown Bear -棕熊

Ailuropoda melanoleuca – Giant Panda -大熊猫 – Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi

Perissodactyla (odd-toed hoof)

Equidae

Equus caballus - Przewalski's Wild Horse, Takhi – 野马 –Inner Mongolia-Gansu, N. Xinjiang

Equus hemionus Asiatic wild ass – 蒙古野驴- Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang

Equus kiang – Tibetan Wild Ass - 西藏野驴 - Sichuan, NW, Tibet

Artiodactyla (even-toed hoof)

Camelidae

Camelus bactrianus – Bactrian Camel – 野骆驼 - NW

Suidae

Sus scrofa – Eurasian Wild Boar – 野猪 - national

Tragulidae

Tragulus javanicus – Lesser Malay Mouse Deer (鼷鹿), Yunnan Mengla

Mochidae

Moschus berezovskii – Forest or Dwarf Musk Deer(林麝) – NW, SW, N

Moschus chrysogaster – Himalayan Musk Deer (马麝)

Moschus leucogaster-喜马拉雅麝

Moschus moschiferus – Siberian Musk Deer (原麝) – NW, Anhui

Moschus fuscus - Black musk deer-黑麝 – Tibet

Moschus sifanicus –马麝, 香獐、马獐、麝) – NW, SW

Cervidae

Cervindae

Cervus albirostris – White-lipped Deer,Thorold’s Deer  (白唇鹿) – Sichuan, Tibet

Cervus unicolor – Sambar (水鹿) – C, SW

Cervus nippon – Sika Deer (梅花鹿) – NE, Anhui, Jiangxi, Sichuan

Cervus elaphus -- Red deer, wapiti, elk (马鹿) – NW, SW, Sichuan, Tibet

Cervus eldi – Eld’s Deer, Thamin (坡鹿) – Hainan

Elaphurus davidianus – Pere David’s Deer, Milu (麋鹿) – Beijing, Jiangsu

Axis porcinus – Hog Deer (豚鹿) – Yunnan

Hydropotinae

Hydropotes inermis – Chinese Water Deer (河麂, , 牙獐) – Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan

Muntiacinae

Elaphodus cephalophus – Tufted deer (毛冠鹿)

Muntiacus crinifrons – Black muntjac (黑麂) – Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian

Muntiacus reevesi – Reeve’s Muntjac (小麂, 黄麂)

Muntiacus gongshanensis – Gongshan muntjac

Muntiacus muntjak – Indian muntjac (赤麂, 赤鹿)

Muntiacus feae- Fea's muntjac 菲氏麂

Odocoileinae

Alces alces – Moose (驼鹿) – Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang, Xinjiang

Capreolus capreolus European roe deer -,

Rangifer tarandus – Reindeer, Caribou -驯鹿 - NE

Bovidae

Antilopinae

Gazella gutturosa – Mongolian Gazelle -蒙原羚, 黄羊-  NW, Inner Mongolia

Gazella subgutturosa – Goitered Gazelle - 鹅喉羚, 长尾黄羊-  NW, Inner Mongolia

Procapra picticaudata Tibetan gazelle, Goa - 藏原羚, 西藏黄羊– NW, Tibet

Procapra przewalskii - Przewalski's gazelle-普氏原羚

Pantholops hodgsoni – Tibetan Antelope, Chiru - 藏羚 – Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan

Saiga tatarica – Saiga Antelope - 高鼻羚羊, 赛加羚羊、大鼻羚羊 – Xinjiang Dzungar Basin

Caprinae

Budorcas taxicolor – Takin - 扭角羚, 羚牛, 金毛扭角羚、牛羚 – Shaanxi, Sichuan, Qinghai, Tibet

Hemitragus jemlahicus – Himalayan Tahr -喜马拉雅塔尔羊 – Tibet

Capricornis sumatraensis –Sumatra Serow -鬣羚, 苏门羚 – NW, SW, E, S, C

Nemorhedus goral – Gray Goral -斑羚,青羊 – NE, SW, N, S

Nemorhaedus swinhoei – Formosan Serow -台湾鬣羚 - Taiwan

Nemorhaedus caudatus - North Chinese goral -西伯利亚斑羚

Nemorhedus cranbrooki –赤斑羚, 红斑羚Yunnan, Tibet

Nemorhaedus baileyi - Red goral, Brown goral -西藏斑羚

Capra sibirica – Siberian Ibex -北山羊 - NW

Pseudois nayaur – Bharal, Himalayan Blue Sheep -岩羊 –NE, NW

Ovis ammon – Argali Sheep -盘羊 – NW, Tibet

Bovinae

Bos gaurus – Cattle -野牛 – Yunnan, Tibet

Bos Frontalis – Gaur

Bos grunniens – Yak -野牦牛 – Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Xinjiang

 

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