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The rabbit is a national animal

2024-01-04 21:55:54 87

The rabbit cat (Otocolobus manul) is a second-level protected wild animal in China and is listed in the endangered category (EN) of the "China Biodiversity Red List" (2021 Edition). It is listed in the second level of China's "List of National Key Protected Wild Animals" (February 5, 2021). Listed in the "World Conservation Union Red List of Threatened Species" (IUCN) 2019 ver 3.1 - Least Concern (LC).


The estimate released by IUCN in 2020 is that there are about 58,000 mature rabbit cats in the world. The premise of this estimate is that the density of rabbit cats in the global suitable distribution area is 4 individuals/square kilometer, and this density estimate comes from a detailed survey in central Mongolia. Fieldwork. In areas with dense prey, such as the Daur grassland at the junction of eastern Mongolia and Russia, the density of rabbit cats can also be very high.


With the promulgation of the "Wildlife Protection Law" and the adoption of wildlife protection measures in various places, reports of the distribution of rabbit cats have appeared in more and more places in China, including Qilian Mountain National Park, Sanjiangyuan National Park , Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and even Hebei City There are reports of rabbit leopard activity.

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