Animals in China

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• The Panda Bear• South Chinese Tiger• The Golden Monkey• Yak• Yangtze River Dolphins• Chinese Golden Pheasant

Animals We WillLearn About:

• The giant panda is a kind of bear. It is also like a raccoon in some ways.• Pandas live in China.• Giant pandas have very good eyesight. • Panda’s are black and white.• Panda’s eyes look like cat’s eyes. • 99% or almost all of the food that panda’s eat is white bamboo.• Pandas can be very big up to six feet tall and 350 pounds.• Lady pandas are sows. Man pandas are boars and babies are cubs.• Cubs cry when they are hungry and are usually mostly pink when they are

born.• There are not many pandas left in the wild. This is called being

endangered. If people are not careful pandas could be come extinct or all gone.

South Chinese Tiger

• The South Chinese Tiger lives in the forests of South China.

• It is one of the top ten most endangered species of animals

• It eats meat, which is called being a carnivore• It is 6-8 feet long and about 300-330 pounds• Tigers like to swim

The Golden Monkey

• The Golden Monkey lives in the mountains of China

• It eats fruit, leaves and branches• It has reddish-gold fur and a stubby nose• The Golden Monkey is an endangered species

Yak

• Yaks live in the hills and mountains of China and nearby Tibet

• Male yaks are up to 2,200 pounds and 6 and a half feet tall, females are smaller

• They eat grass, herbs, and lichens and chew on snow or ice for water

• They live in herds of up to 100

Yangtze River Dolphin

•The Yangtze is a river in China•The Chinese River Dolphin is also called the Baiji•The Baiji is the only freshwater dolphin in the world•It lives only in the Yangtze River•Scientist thought that the Baiji was extinct, but one more was discovered•The Chinese call it “The Princess of the Yangtze”

Golden Pheasant

Chinese Golden Pheasant

• The Chinese Golden Pheasant lives in China, but Americans, like George Washington have kept Golden Pheasants

• The pheasant lives on mountainous slopes, ledges, and rocky hills, often impenetrably covered with dense scrub bamboo, bushes, and woods.

• The Chinese have recognized golden pheasants for centuries in art, literature and mythology