What are the endangered species in the world?

The world's top ten endangered species - South China tiger. Among the world's top ten endangered species listed by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the South China tiger ranks at the top, even more so than the giant panda. Still rare. The South China tiger is the only tiger species found in China among the eight modern tiger subspecies. In the past, it was widely distributed in the mountain forests of South China, East China, Central China and Southwest China. However, for more than a century, due to war, hunting and ecological environment destruction, wild South China tigers are on the verge of becoming endangered. In April 1986, at the [[Tiger's World Conservation Strategy International Academic Research Conference]] held in Minneapolis, USA, the South China tiger was listed as the first tiger protection target in the world. The Tiger family once had 8 subspecies on earth: Siberian tiger (Siberian tiger), South China tiger, Bengal tiger, Indochinese tiger (South Asian tiger), Sumatran tiger, Bali tiger, Caspian tiger, Javan tiger, the last three tigers Kind of, now he has been expelled from football. In the 1930s, the Bali tiger became extinct; in the 1960s, the Caspian tiger died; in the 1970s, the last Javan tiger returned to dust. In less than 50 years, three tiger species waved goodbye to this world. The remaining five tiger species are also in a state of precarious situation, and they can almost see the entrance to hell. The South China tiger has knocked on the door of hell! The South China tiger is also called the Xiamen tiger because the first specimen was discovered in Xiamen and is now preserved in the British Royal Museum; the other name is the Chinese tiger, which indicates its unique and authentic identity in China. There is also a less well-known name - Ancestral tiger. Among the tiger family, the South China tiger is the ancient subspecies that is closest to the tiger bone characteristics of the original tiger. It has a smaller brain and sunken eyes. This primitive Tiger skull features have so far been retained by the South China tiger, which is believed to be a direct descendant of the original species of tiger. The South China tiger has a round head, short ears, long tail, strong limbs, moderate body shape, neither fat nor thin. It is "longer if you increase it by one point, shorter if you decrease it by one point". It is just right. The yellow fur is decorated with black The faint stripes and handsome appearance are really a beautiful work of art. It is distributed in more than 10 provinces in East China, Central China, and South China, covering more than 2,000 kilometers from west to east and more than 1,600 kilometers from south to north. The tigers that Chinese people know are basically represented by the South China tiger. The alarm is coming - the South China tiger is on the verge of extinction! The South China tiger is recognized as the rarest and most endangered wild animal in the world! Some foreign scholars have doubted the existence of South China tigers in the wild, and some scholars have even begun to write papers: "How did South China tigers become extinct in China?" Our country's textbooks also have to admit this fact: "...the total number of South China tigers remaining in the wild "It is estimated that there are no more than 20 at most." There are more than 1,000 giant pandas, which are also endangered, and are still alive in the wild. The number of South China tigers that once roamed more than 20 provinces in China is now "no more than 20." ”, the average number per province is less than one. In order to protect and save the South China tiger, the Chinese government has listed it as the highest priority species for protection and launched the South China Tiger Rescue Project. Longyan City, Fujian Province established the [[Meihuashan South China Tiger Park]] in the Meihuashan National Nature Reserve for the purpose of wild training, release, and strengthening the wild population of South China tigers. At the same time, a tiger park was established to provide food and herbivorous wild animal breeding areas for South China tigers. The goal is to increase the breeding number of South China tigers in the Tiger Park to 100 through artificial breeding, semi-wilding, and wild breeding, and gradually release them into the wild, restore the population of wild South China tigers, and build Meihua Mountain into an internationally advanced tiger park. Horizontal South China Tiger Reserve. According to field investigation analysis and scientific calculations by the joint survey team of the State Forestry Administration and the World Wildlife Fund, experts believe that there are only about 20 to 30 South China tigers left in the wild, scattered in Jiangxi, Hunan, and Guangdong in my country. The local mountainous areas of Luoxiao Mountains, Leigong Mountains and Nanling Mountains at the junction of the three provinces. In addition, in the Wuyishan Nature Reserve in Meihua Mountain in western Fujian, footprints of South China tigers have been found many times in recent years. The existing South China tigers in Guangdong are divided into three areas: Yangshan, Ruyuan and Lianshan are in one area, with a number of three to five; there is one in the Chebaling Tianping area; and there is one in Renhua, Nanxiong and Lechang. Shaoguan establishes nature reserve In order to protect and expand the South China tiger and its habitat, Shaoguan City, Guangdong established the North Guangdong South China Tiger Nature Reserve in 1990, with a total area of ??290,467 hectares. According to a survey of the reserve in the past ten years, South China tigers have frequent activities in the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong. Information such as scratches, footprints, feces, and tiger roars of South China tigers have been found 36 times in the area. In 2002 alone, five tigers were found. On May 18, 2002, South China tiger excrement was found at an altitude of more than 1,400 meters in Yangdong Mountain, Lechang City; on November 28 of the same year, it was found in Laishu, Changjiang Town, Renhua County. It was discovered that the South China tiger killed five black goats at once and left obvious footprints. According to observations and research conducted by staff of the reserve over the years, it is estimated that there are five to six South China tigers active in the area. In recent years, mountain people on the borders of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi often hear the roar of tigers. According to a report by Fujian Daily on August 2, 1999, several migrant workers encountered a South China tiger in the Wuyishan National Nature Reserve in Fujian Province. At nearly 10 o'clock in the evening on July 4th of the same year, Yuan Honghua, a villager in Fengchan Village, Baizhu Township, Yihuang County, Jiangxi Province, was injured in the head by a tiger and died after returning from catching snakes in the mountains. Relevant departments in Jiangxi Province have promised to give heavy rewards to anyone who finds a South China tiger in the wild. Anyone who photographs a South China tiger will receive a bonus of 50,000 yuan. The local area also organized photography training for hunters and villagers, and sent out a large number of cameras, but no one took photos of live tigers.

Then two photographers were sent to the Yihuang Mountains to try their best to track and photograph the South China tiger, but ultimately failed. So far, people have never seen a living tiger. Where do South China tigers hide in the wild? A mountain cannot hide two tigers. According to experts, tigers look scary on the outside, but their personalities are far less ferocious than jackals. Generally speaking, tigers are naturally afraid of people. Under normal circumstances, when it smells human scent or hears human voice, it will stay away and hide. Tigers do not live in groups and have no fixed residence. They roam in deep mountains, forests and grassy slopes, hunting within their own territory. Generally, the territory of a big male tiger is about 80 square kilometers. Therefore, there is an old saying in China: A mountain cannot hide two tigers; looking for tigers in such vast deep mountains and dense forests is like looking for a needle in a haystack, which is difficult to find. South China tigers mostly hunt large and medium-sized animals such as wild boars, wild sheep, and deer in the morning and evening. Tigers that hurt people are hungry tigers that are too old and too weak to find food, tigresses that cannot find game while breastfeeding, or tigers that are in a bad mental state, so they take the risk of hurting people. However, once some tigers accidentally attack humans, they will become man-eating tigers in the future. In recent years, scientists from the World Wildlife Fund have proposed a new insight: "Tiger eats people not because they are hungry, but because they are thirsty." They observed in the wild and used various instruments to analyze and found that the meat food the tiger ate was related to the water it drank. If the salty taste was slightly strong, the chemical changes in the body would cause thirst and hurt people. Recently, the South China Tiger Nature Reserve in northern Guangdong invited animal, plant and ecological experts and professors from Central South Forestry University to conduct field inspections in the reserve and prepare a master plan for the protection of South China tigers. The three core areas of Chebaling, Yangdongshan, and Luokeng, where South China tigers have frequent activities and have good natural environment protection, will be divided into three core areas for key protection. Green passages will be established in the areas, and South China tiger observation points will be established in the core areas. , implement scientific management, further protection and research, so that this endangered species can thrive and not disappear from the earth.

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