Die last century in China, the extinction of 10 species of wild animals

Dolphin deer

Taiwan clouded leopard

Xinjiang Tigers

Chinese Turkestan Tiger

(1916 extinction)

Lop Nur, Xinjiang Tigers is native and the Tarim River, 1916 by Sven (Schwarz) found in the Lop Nur, kuler, a tiger in a separate subspecies, the body length of about 3 meters, weighing about 230 kg. Sweden Explorer Sven in the Lop-nor adventure book on locals describe the remains of the Tiger is the scene of the Ant class phagocytosis were from China. Sven to annouce the two miracles, a monument, a is the loulan in Xinjiang Tigers, as humanity sites loulan monuments were spectacular, as the natural species of Xinjiang Tigers have mysteriously disappeared, with the concomitant deterioration of the Habitat — desertification.

Equus

Przewalski’s Horse

(1960s extinction)

Equus, also known as Mongolia Mustang. Native to Eastern and Western Mongolia, Xinjiang, distribution in the Altai Mountains to the North of the tianshan mountains to the South, and the junggar basin, Manas River basin, Inner Mongolia, Gansu mazong Shan Juyan Lake nearby.

1881, Russian Pouget Silva Belsky found in Xinjiang, known as Equus. 1890, a Germany from China caught 52 horse Mustang, long-distance trafficking to Hamburg, only 28 horses, which has 8 horses bred progeny. This is the current global 1000 more horse Equus ancestors. The Mustang in the Zoo carefully kept, from extinction. But the real wild horses of the last observation is recorded in the 1960s, then no trace. In 1978, the International Conference about returning to the wild horses, held in the Hague, captivity of 400 horse Mustang is facing severe degradation, decided to return to his homeland, let their ancestors lived where wild species. In 1980, China with wild ass, white-lipped deer from Europe and the United States in exchange for a total of 18 horse Mustang, Xinjiang and Gansu have established two wild horse protection Center.

Its aquiline nose Antelope

Saiga Antelope

(1960s extinction)

Before the 1960s, in the Northwest of the junggar basin, Xinjiang Beita and other regions have not continuous distribution, then no trace. Foreign distribution in Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Russia. Its aquiline nose Antelope Saiga Antelope, also known as nasal uplift. Habitat in the desert, resistance to cold, Artiodactyla, bovine, and Tibetan antelope with sheep, Antelope family of its aquiline nose. There are two subspecies, Russia subspecies in a wartime only 1000 only, after World War II to 9 million, 1960 to 130 million, falling over recent years. China-Mongolia subspecies, extinct in the wild. At present to introduce is since 1988, in Gansu, without success. Reclaimed farmland, overgrazing, wilful killing, take PTA. medicine and harsh natural conditions are endangering it.

Taiwan clouded leopard

Taiwan Clouded Leopard

(1972 extinction)

Taiwan clouded leopard, also known as turtle, Leopard, Cheetah, Leopard lotus leaf branches, Carnivora, cats, distributed in tropical and subtropical Asia mountains, Leopard's most typical forest-dwelling animals. Body length 75 cm to 110 cm. Taiwan is clouded leopard most East regional distribution, the 1960s were the game record, because forests, fur, Leopard bone needs, their numbers plummeting. Even in protected, because hunting other animals, also caused the clouded leopard food sources dry up, eventually went to the desperate, beginning in 1972, Taiwan is no longer a Leopard.

Zhili Macaque

North Chinese Rhesus

(1980s extinction)

Zhili monkey was most North China distribution of primates, 40 degrees north latitude 40 minutes of Hebei Wuling is as monkeys distribution North limit established by the national nature reserve. There has to be Royal in Feng Shui long-term ban game reserve, many species are saved into the 20th century, there is an influx in Wuling, felling makes "working", Zhili monkey genocide in Wuling. Currently, the world's monkeys distribution North Limited has let in Japan of Aomori (41 degrees 20 minutes), Japan monkey became the most northern of the distribution of non-human primates.

White Stork

Painted Stork

(Extinction's unknown)

White stork is a large waders, in lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Eastern Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, breeding, wintering in mengzi, Yunnan province, a stork, a stork, shape, height 100 cm or so, the body plumage white, back lit metal green coloured stripes, black horizontal bands in the chest, leg is red. White Stork colony living in coastal and inland swamps, flood zones, depending on the monsoon seasons, in case of dry year conditions do not reproduce. Building a nest in a tree, to fish for food. In luanhekou, Fuzhou, Lhasa, mining to specimens respectively, and was classified as a national-level protection for animals, but from the 1950s had no wild after reported that therefore conclude that, in the people's Republic of China may be extinct. Now, only at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of zoology and the Shanghai Museum of natural history in possession of specimens.

Dolphin deer

Hog Deer

(1970s genocide)

Dolphin deer, also called asparagus Ambrosia of deer, deer as hypochera gengma, Yunnan province, only and discover ximeng county boundaries. Dolphin Habitat of deer in the River, to Reed Phragmites australis marshes and places for covert Artemisia Plexus, shunned, lone lone, a staple of Red Deer grass and Reed-leaf, for the protection of animals at the national level. But scientists in the 1960s when just send inquiry

Now the only one of the few, the 1980s further investigations, has been eradicated, largely because of ecological be seriously damaged.

Small-toothed cat "

Tree-striped pale civet

(1980s extinction)

Small-toothed cat ", also called small teeth tooth coconut Beaver, small cats. To Carnivora Viverridae animals, body length 40 cm to 50 cm, weight 2 kg to 1.5 kg, tail length exceeds the length, in the middle of a white face, body yellow brown, back three longitudinal creases. Domestic distribution in southern Yunnan Xishuangbanna only mengla and mengyang, hiding in the tropical rainforest and gullies on edge of shrub. Night and day activities to mice, amphibians and reptiles and insects. Apart from the 1970s in mengla won two specimens, in Jinghong, mengyang acquisitions into 3 pieces of leather, the last century 80 's, then no trace, estimated to have died out. Yunnan is small-toothed cat "distribution of most North, extinction due to reclaim forest, planted rubber, destruction of animals native habitat.

Sickle-winged pheasant

Sickle-winged Grouse

(2000 declared extinct)

Sickle-winged fowl-chickens-shaped head, bird family, body length 32 cm, wings of springtime is sickle-shaped. Sickle-winged chicken located in mountains and Heilongjiang River, abroad in Siberia. Perches in the coniferous forests of FIR, spruce, larch forest to plant food, eat some insect brooding. Because of the similarity of appearance and the Hazel hen, once being deemed Dragon predator. 1986, 1987, the investigation has not disappeared. 2000 Xinhua publishing news, Heilongjiang animals after 5 years of investigation, did not find sickle-winged fowl, local people have not seen in decades. According to IUCN's red book, a species if not seen in 50 years, we can conclude that in the region.

Crown duck

Crestedshelduck

(Middle of genocide in the 20th century)

Crown duck, also known as crested duck, geese-shaped head, duck section. Native to China, Japan, Korea, and Russia. People used to 1877, 1913 and 1916 year respectively. Until 1964, May 16, in Vladivostok there have been a male 2 estriol, only to mysteriously lost after. National experts are hard to search, and then see South·¼èýson. Crown duck beak is red, the wings are white. Male duck in black, throat and neck side is white, the chest and eyes are black; the female ducks in gray, not black chest and eyes. Currently, Crown duck specimens only three, a female in Denmark Copenhagen museums, one male and one female in the Japan Institute for mountain-birds. Estimated Crown duck has been in the middle of the 20th century.