List of endangered and protected species of China

List of endangered and protected species of China
The endangered species of China may include any wildlife species designated for protection by the national government of China or listed as endangered by international organizations such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
As one of the world's most biodiverse countries and its most populous, China is home to a significant number of wildlife species vulnerable to or in danger of local extinction due to the impact of human activity. Under the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Wildlife, the national and local governments are required to designate rare or threatened species for special protection under the law. The type of legal protection that a particular species in China enjoys may depend on the locality of administration. For example, the Beijing Municipal Government designates the wild boar and masked palm civet, which are found in the wilderness around the municipality, as local Class I protected species even though none are among the Class I or II protected species designated by the national government.
China is a signatory country to the CITES and the national government's protected species list generally follows the designation of endangered species by CITES, but also includes certain species that are rare in the country but quite common in other parts of the world so as not to be considered globally threatened (such as moose and beaver) or are vulnerable to economic exploitation thus require legal protection (such as sable and otter). The Chinese endangered species classifications are updated relatively infrequently, and a number of species deemed to be endangered by international bodies have not yet been so recognized in China. Many of the listed species are endemic to the country, such as the groove-toothed flying squirrel and the Ili pika.
Designation
The species listed in this article are designated by one or more of the following authorities as endangered or threatened:
The List of Wildlife under Special State Protection as designated by the Chinese State Council pursuant to Article 9 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Wildlife
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), in Appendix I of its catalogue includes "species threatened with extinction".
The Red List of Threatened Species compiled by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Endangered and protected animal species
Mammals
Birds
Reptiles
Amphibians
Fish
Ray-finned fish (Actinopterygii)
Cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Lancelet
Endangered and protected plant species
Flora
Endangered and protected plant species, of the native and endemic .
Abies beshanzuensis — Baishanzu fir, Baishan fir.
Abies fabri — Faber's fir
Abies fanjingshanensis
Abies recurvata
Abies yuanbaoshanensis
Abies ziyuanensis
Cupressus chengiana
Cupressus duclouxiana — Chinese cypress
Cupressus gigantea
Disanthus cercidifolius var. longipes
Fissistigma cupreonitens
Fissistigma tungfangense
Magnolia delavayi — Chinese evergreen magnolia
Picea brachytyla
Picea neoveitchii
Pinus dabeshanensis
Pseudolarix amabilis — golden larch
See also
Wildlife in China
Animal welfare and rights in China
Protected areas of China
Notes
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