Zhangjiajie Nature and Culture Introduction
 2016-12-20 16:49:22   Zhangjiajie Tourism Information Website  

6) Animals
The complicated topography,the steep cliffs, and the deep gullies as well as the heavy rainful and dense forests provide animals with an excellent environment of surviving and multiplying . according to preliminary investigation there 116 species of vertebrates belonging to 50 families, among which there are three species under first-class state protection included in “The list of animals under Special State Protection” ,and over ten species are under second-class protection. The largest animal population here is rhesus monkey, numbering more than 3,000.

You can find monkeys everywhere when you travel in the forest park. The Chinese giant salamander can be found in some streams and pools. It is also called "Baby Fish", because it sounds like a baby crying with four legs similar to a baby's arms, belonging to the second rank of state-protected animal.

Many giant salamanders inhabit in cool and clean streams and ponds, relying on small fish, crabs, shrimps, frogs, etc. In addition, it was selected as the mascot of Zhangjiajie city in the 2007 Zhangjiajie International Forest Conservation Festival. There are lots of other animals in Zhangjiajie, including Gecko, Trimeresurus stejnegeri, Lachesis mutus, Chinese bamboo partridge, Tragopan temminckii, Chrysolophus pictus, Acridotheres cristatellus, Manis pertadactyla, Lepus sinensis, Callosciurus erythraeus, Hystrix brachyuran, Sus scrofa, and Moschus berezovskii.etc.
AUTHOR:Venus