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Animals in China
The red-crowned crane graces the Chinese landscape with its long neck, pure-white plumage, jet black neck and stunning red crown on its head. These cranes can be found throughout the open marshes, wet meadows and bogs throughout the northeastern areas of China. They dine on insects, fish, aquatic invertebrates, small rodents and amphibians. They also eat the waste grains and other plant material that can be found in rice fields.
The southeast region of China has subtropical evergreen forest, and this is where any remaining South China tigers would be found. These tigers range from 140 to 300 cm in body length including the tail. They can weigh up to 300 kg and stand up to 1.2 m tall at the head. Supreme hunters, they survive large mammals, although they will also dine on smaller mammals, birds, fish and reptiles.
The Yangtze River of China is home to another unique animal, the white-flag dolphin. Also known as the baiji, this graceful dolphin is found in the freshwater rivers and lakes. Commonly found in the Yangtze River, baiji prefer the deeper areas. Over the years, the numbers of the white-flag dolphin have been declining. Experts now believe that this dolphin may be functionally extinct.
The giant panda once faced extinction itself. This recognizable, black and white bear is now protected by law in the country. Revered for thousands of years, international efforts are currently underway to prevent its extinction. Giant pandas can be found in cold, rainy bamboo forests that grow in the mountainous region of western China. The bamboo provides both food and shelter for these animals. The pandas also eat grasses, fruits, some rodents and insects.
China is a unique country with many wonderful sights to offer. The climate in this nation ranges from bitter cold to intense heat with many different ecosystems filling the countryside. The topography includes mountains, valleys, marshes, rivers and even the rainforest. There are many amazing and unique animals that call this country their home, including the colorful red-crowned crane and the giant panda.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in China.
Even-toed ungulates in China
Red goral Chinese goral Tufted deer Pere david's deer Kanchil European elk Elk Sika deer Thorold's deer Sambar Brow-antlered deer Indian muntjac Reeves's muntjac Eastern roe deer Goitered gazelle Gacela de przewalski Goa Himalayan tahr Dzeren Chinese forest musk deer Dwarf bharal Alpine musk deer Bharal Argali Black musk deer Gaur Siberian musk deer Chinese water deer Wild yak Saiga antelope Black muntjac Chiru Fea's muntjac Takin Gongshan muntjacCarnivores in China
Asian palm civet Spotted linsang Large-spotted civet Large indian civet Giant panda Small indian civet Lesser panda Clouded leopard Arctic wolf Ounce Common seal Least weasel Asiatic black bear Larga seal Back-striped weasel Asiatic golden cat Chinese desert cat Jungle cat Wild cat Racoon dog Corsac fox Owston's banded palm civet Sand fox Javan mongoose Crab-eating mongoose Common otter Beech marten Leopard cat Hog badger Indian smooth-coated otter Badger Fishing cat Chinese ferret-badger Eurasian lynx Ermine Steppe polecat Malayan sun bear Yellow-throated marten Marbled polecat Sable Asiatic wild dog Mountain weasel Pallas's cat Yellow-bellied weasel Siberian weasel Leopard Brown bear Tiger Bearcat Small-toothed palm civet Gem-faced civet Marbled catDolphins, porpoises, and whales in China
Bottle-nosed dolphin Black finless porpoise Pygmy sperm whale Blainville's beaked whale Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale Fraser's dolphin Pacific white-sided dolphin Dall's porpoise Devil fish Chinese white dolphin Pygmy killer whale Baiji Cuvier's beaked whale Pacific pilot whale Bridled dolphin Grey dolphin Euphrosyne dolphin Long-beaked dolphin Rough-toothed dolphin Common minke whale Bryde's whale False killer whaleBats in China
Rickett's big-footed bat Little tube-nosed bat Himalayan whiskered bat Round-eared tube-nosed bat Dusky tube-nosed bat Hutton's tube-nosed bat Great evening bat Harlequin bat Greater tube-nosed bat Hardwicke's woolly bat Lesser bamboo bat Greater asiatic yellow bat Painted bat Greater bamboo bat Northern bat Serotine Thick-eared bat Greater horseshoe bat Intermediat horseshoe bat Blyth's horseshoe bat Particoloured bat Woolly horseshoe bat Common pipistrelle Asian particolored bat Big-eared horseshoe bat Lesser noctule Osgood's horseshoe bat Kelaart's pipistrelle Noctule Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat Mount popa pipistrelle Birdlike noctule Least horseshoe bat King horseshoe bat Least pipistrelle Lesser mouse-eared bat Blanford's fruit bat Brown big-eared bat Pond bat Thomas's horseshoe bat Gray big-eared bat Stoliczka's trident bat Dobson's horseshoe bat Whiskered bat Natterer's bat Szechwan myotis Far eastern myotis Western bent-winged bat European free-tailed bat Large myotis Tickell's bat Great roundleaf bat Intermediat roundleaf bat Lesser dog-faced fruit bat Hodgson's bat Pomona roundleaf bat Greater short-nosed fruit bat Fraternal myotis Pratt's roundleaf bat Leschenault's rousette Horsfield's bat Black-bearded tomb bat Lesser dawn bat Ikonnikov's bat Indian flying-fox Burmese whiskered bat Greater false vampire bat Peking myotisHares, pikas, and rabbits in China
Chinese red pika Glover's pika Himalayan pika Northern pika Ladak pika Large-eared pika Pallas's pika Royle's pika Moupin pika Yunnan hare Korean hare Manchurian hare Woolly hare Chinese hare Arctic hare Hainan hare Yarkland hare Koslov's pika Muli pika Forrest's pika Gaoligong pika Ili pika Nubra pika Thomas's pika Gansu pika Black-lipped pika Daurian pikaHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in China
Javan rhinoceros Asian wild ass KiangPangolins in China
Chinese pangolinPrimates in China
Common langur Slow loris Lesser slow loris Bear macaque Assam macaque Rhesus macaque Père david's macaque Common gibbon François's langur Bonneted langurElephants in China
Asian elephantRodents in China
Indochinese ground squirrel Indochinese flying squirrel Perny's long-nosed squirrel Ganzu vole Pallas's squirrel Pére david's rock squirrel Lesser rice-field rat Red and white giant flying squirrel Malayan porcupine Red-hipped squirrel Complex-toothed flying squirrel Kolan vole Inornate squirrel Forrest's rock squirrel Himalayan field rat Spotted giant flying squirrel Cheng's jird Indian crested porcupine Asian red-cheeked squirrel Greater long-tailed hamster Pére david's vole Phayre's squirrel Eurasian red squirrel Groove-toothed flying squirrel Brown rat Japanese giant flying squirrel Libyan jird Forest dormouse Chaotung vole Irrawaddy squirrel Sikkim rat Bhutan giant flying squirrel Mid-day jird Chinese dormouse Yulungshan vole Anderson's squirrel Tanezumi rat Red giant flying squirrel Ryukyu mouse Tamarisk jird Chinese jumping mouse Balikun jerboa Turkestan rat Indian giant flying squirrel Cook's mouse Mongolian jird Chinese pygmy dormouse Lesser bamboo rat Northern birch mouse Gobi jerboa Black giant squirrel Chinese giant flying squirrel Short-tailed bandicoot rat Gairdner's shrewmouse Gansu hamster Long-tailed birch mouse Small five-toed jerboa Anderson's white-bellied rat Chinese white-bellied rat Chinese birch mouse Mongolian five-toed jerboa Eurasian harvest mouse Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse Five-toed pygmy jerboa Southern birch mouse Silver mountain vole Smoke-bellied rat Wood lemming Field vole Steppe lemming Red climbing mouse Eurasian beaver Royle's mountain vole Campbell's hamster Large white-bellied rat False zokor Reed vole Brandt's vole Stoliczka's mountain vole Desert hamster Chestnut white-bellied rat Manchurian zokor Narrow-headed vole Plateau vole Long-eared jerboa Alashan ground squirrel Strachey's mountain vole Chinese zokor Chinese scrub vole Mandarin vole Clarke's vole Daurian ground squirrel Flat-headed vole Transbaikal zokor Juniper vole Edwards's long-tailed giant rat Szechuan vole Red-cheeked ground squirrel Striped field mouse Rothschild's zokor Blyth's vole Marie's vole Pencil-tailed tree mouse Yellow ground squirrel Chevrier's field mouse Smith's zokor Lacustrine vole Long-tailed ground squirrel South china field mouse Maximowicz's vole Sichuan field mouse Mongolian vole Tibetan dwarf hamster Korean field mouse Mongolian hamster Altai vole Striped dwarf hamster Ural field mouse Sikkim vole Manipur bush rat Kam dwarf hamster Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine Social vole Delacour's marmoset rat Long-tailed dwarf hamster Andrews's three-toed jerboa Sokolov's dwarf hamster Thick-tailed three-toed jerboa Gray dwarf hamster Greater bandicoot rat Hoary bamboo rat Black-bellied hamster Siberian chipmunk Hairy-footed flying squirrel Chinese bamboo rat Duke of bedford's vole Himalayan striped squirrel Zaisan mole vole Bower's white-toothed rat Large bamboo rat Maritime striped squirrel Yellow steppe lemming Kenneth's white-toothed rat Great gerbil Long-tailed marmot Millard's rat Swinhoe's striped squirrel Przewalski's steppe lemming Himalayan marmot Russian flying squirrel Gray marmot Tarbagan marmot Northern three-toed jerboa Pratt's vole Przewalski's gerbil Thick-tailed pygmy jerboa Particolored flying squirrel Orange-bellied himalayan squirrel Southwest china vole Kozlov's pygmy jerboa Dwarf fat-tailed jerboaTree shrews in China
Northern tree shrewDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in China
Dugong
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