Animal Resources
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Vanja [2011-05-20]
Lu'an is located in the transit zone of Palaearctic to Oriental animal regions. According to preliminary survey, Lu'an has 500 amphibian animals. Lu'an has many poultry and livestock species, including cattle, sheep, goat, pig, chicken, duck, goose, rabbit, honey bees, donkey, horse, and mule, etc. The cattle, buffalo, white goat, pig, white goose, duck and chicken are of fine quality species in local.
Aquatic products include fish, shrimp, turtle, clam and snail. There are fishes of 11 orders, 19 families and 92 species. High quality fish are Huawang fish from Huaihe River, whitebait from Wapu Lake, shrimp from Peihe River.
Wild animal resources are distributed in two areas. One is the Hilly Land between Changjiang and Huaihe River. This area has 23 species of beasts, 190 species of birds, 14 species of reptiles, 8 species of amphibians, altogether 238 animal species. The other is the Dabie Mountain area, which has 39 species of beasts, 120 species of birds, 30 species of reptiles, 15 species of amphibians, altogether 39 animal species.