Saturday, September 13, 2008

Dafengding Nature Reserve

The Dafengding Nature Reserve is located in Meigu County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, and in the Mabian Yi Autonomous County in Leshan prefecture-level city, both in Sichuan Province in the People's Republic of China.

* Elevation: 1240 - 3835 meters ; 1200-4042 meters
* Area: 159.50 sq. kilometers ; 301.46 sq. kilometers
* Established: 1978

The southernmost population of pandas live in this area. Beside the giant panda, fauna in the reserve include:
* Red panda
* Asiatic black bears
* blue sheep
* giant salamander
* golden monkey
* goral
* leopard
* clouded leopard
* macaque
* muntjac
* sambar

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