China Publishes Wildlife, Plant Protection List

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 ◆ China Publishes Wildlife, Plant Protection List

The State Forestry Administration of China announced a new list of wildlife and plants under key state protection Tuesday.

Giant pandas, considered as one of the most endangered animal species in the world, with most of which roaming in the wild of west China's Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, is placed at the top of the protection list.

Next come crested ibises, tigers, golden monkeys, Tibetan antelope and Yangtze alligators on the list.

The protection list also includes elephants, gibbons, musk deer,wild deer, cranes, wild pheasant, as well as arethusa, an endangered plant species, and cycas, the most ancient kind of gymnosperm now available in the world.(Xinhua News Agency)(12/18/2001)