Xining News Agency, Xining, April 1st (Sun Rui) "For our country, the Kunlun Mountains have always been a potential distribution area for snow leopards, but due to insufficient investigation, the Mangya City Photographers Association has The first record of snow leopard activity in the Qimantag Mountain area is of great significance, and it is also very significant for the later investigation and study of the distribution of snow leopards. "Lian Xinming, associate researcher at the Northwest Plateau Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, accepted China-Singapore on April 1. The reporter said in an interview.

A few days ago, the infrared camera deployed by the Photographers Association of Mangya City, Qinghai Province in the Qimantag Mountains in the north branch of the East Kunlun Mountains clearly captured the preciousness of more than ten species of plateau wildlife such as snow leopards, badgers, badgers, and rabbit badgers. Video data, among which tadpoles, snow leopards, and tadpoles are endangered species in the world.

According to Wei Jianmin, chairman of the Mangya Photographers Association, members of the association purchased infrared trigger cameras and went to the hinterland of Kunlun Mountain for investigation and shooting several times.

In early January 2020, the Mangya Photographers Association placed multiple infrared cameras at different altitudes and in different habitats, and recently carried out data recovery.

"When we looked at the video, we found that more than ten species of plateau wildlife, such as snow leopards, badgers, salamanders, rabbit salamanders, rock sheep, and dark-bellied snow fowls, were recorded one by one by the camera, and the records of the snow leopard and salamander populations were particularly valuable; these image resources The collection is very difficult. This is the biggest harvest since the association conducted wildlife monitoring. It has extended the distribution of snow leopards and cormorants in Qinghai Province by hundreds of kilometers to the west, filling the distribution of snow leopards and cormorants in the vast cliff area of ​​the Kunlun Mountains. Blank. "Wei Jianmin said.

"The first recorded image of the lynx and snow leopard in the Kunlun Mountains is an exciting result, which shows that the Kunlun Mountains ecosystem on the south side of Lake Skule Lake is intact and well-protected; it also proves that the species of wildlife here is rich, which will strengthen the next step. Protection provides the most direct basic data. "Said Tang Tuohua, director of the Bureau of Culture, Sports, Tourism, Radio and Television of Mangya City. In addition, relying on the vast landforms and rich animal and plant resources, under the premise of strengthening natural environmental protection, the development of ecology and exploration Tourism has great potential.

Snow leopard is known as the "barometer for the health of high-altitude ecosystems", and its distribution area spans 12 countries including China and Kazakhstan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Mongolia. The "Red Book of China's Endangered Animals" has published it in 1996. Listed as an endangered species. China is currently the world's largest snow leopard distribution country, covering 60% of its habitat. (Finish)