animals and plants

main cities of gansu: dunhuang, jiayuguan, lanzhou, wuwei, xiahe, zhangye, tianshui, yumen, jinchang

there are 659 species of wild animals, including the giant panda, snub-nosed monkey, antelope, snow leopard, deer, fawn, musk deer, bactrian (two-humped) camel, and 24 other first-class rare animals under state protection, and 441 species of birds in gansu province. there are over 4,000 species of wild plants including 951 species of medical value. of which 450 species, such as angelica root, rhubarb, hairy asiabell root, licorice root, fritillary bulb, mariajuana, the bark of eucommia, glossy ganoderma, and chinese caterpillar fungus, have been developed. gansu holds second place among china’s provinces and autonomous regions in the variety of medicinal herbs.

 

 

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last updated: march 10, 2006

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