This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: List of endangered and protected species has been significantly expanded per new regulations published in 2021 by
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and
National Forestry and Grassland Administration under the Chinese State Council. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.(July 2021)
The
red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is a Class II species in China, an
endangered species on the IUCN Red List and listed in Appendix I of the CITES.
As one of the world's most
biodiversecountries 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.[2][3] 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.[4]
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[5][6]
^While the
sika deer (Cervus nippon) is considered by the IUCN to be of least concern globally, at least three subspecies, the
Shanxi sika deer (Cervus nippon grassianus),
North China sika deer (Cervus nippon mandarinus) and
Formosan sika deer (Cervus nippon taioanus) are extinct in the wild in China, but are raised on farms in captivity.