A Preliminary Survey of Mammal Fauna in Sichuan Fairy Mountain Provincial Nature Reserve
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Abstract
June and October in 2008, April and May in 2006 and May and June in 2014,investigations were made on the basic resources in Sichuan Fairy Mountain Provincial Nature Reserve.A summary of these collections showed that there were 56 species of mammals in this reserve.An investigation of the biogeographic origin of this mammal fauna indicated that 25 species belonged to the Oriental realm,28 species belonged to Palearctic realm and 3 species are widely distributed.Of all the total species in this area, 24 species were identified as national protected rare mammals,5 species of the first grade protected rare mammals and 19 species of the second grade protected rare mammals.There were 25 species endemic to China and 5 species such as Moschus berezovskii,M.chrysogaster,Eothenomys miletus,Neodon fuscus and Crocidura shantongensis were worth paying attention.
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