Animal life ( from Kwangtung )

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Among the mammals found in Kwangtung are many tropical bats, and squirrels, mice, and rats of many species are abundant. Insectivores are generally more diverse than in other regions of China, and carnivores are exemplified by civet cats and small-clawed otters. Types of birds vary according to habitat. In the tropical forest, wildfowl, peacocks, and silver pheasants are common. Reptiles are more restricted in distribution. Kwangtung has a number of pit vipers, including the huge and deadly Chinese vipers and bamboo vipers, as well as nonpoisonous pythons, which are up to 20 feet long. Insects of every description crickets, butterflies, dragonflies, grasshoppers, cicadas, and beetles are found in profusion. Amphibians include ground burrowers and many types of frogs and toads. Tigers, rhinoceroses, panthers, wolves, bears, and foxes once roamed the hills of Kwangtung, but their numbers have been decimated by forest fires and persistent deforestation; they are now considered to be extinct in the area. In the tropical monsoon forest, however, a great number of animals, many of which live in the trees, still remain.

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