In a 10-second video, an leopard cat appeared... Recently, staff from the Shuangxi Management Station of Bamianshan National Nature Reserve in Hunan (hereinafter referred to as Bamianshan Reserve) discovered the figure of the national second-level key protected wild animal leopard cat for the first time when sorting out the video data taken by infrared cameras. On the picture taken by the infrared camera , the leopard cat is taking a leisurely walk. Experts have identified that the body shape should be an adult leopard cat. Because the spots on the body of the leopard cat are very similar to Chinese copper coins, they are also called "money cats" in China. They are similar in size to domestic cats, but they are slender and have longer legs. The leopard cat is an animal of the genus 1 of the leopard cat. It mainly lives in forest areas and suburban shrubs. It usually moves at noon and has strong climbing ability. It generally feeds on rodents, birds, fish and small mammals.
Hunan Bamianshan National Nature Reserve is located in Guidong County, Chenzhou. Infrared camera monitoring technology is a means of triggering wildlife monitoring by cameras through infrared sensing. The advantage is that it can truly achieve 24-hour uninterrupted monitoring.
On October 29, a reporter from Xiaoxiang Morning News learned from the Bamianshan Reserve that there are currently 60 infrared cameras in the reserve. According to the location of the living characteristics of animal species in Bamianshan Nature Reserve, it was retrieved every half a month. "This time, the infrared camera was discovered by the forest ranger during daily patrol and collecting infrared camera image data on October 25." The duration of each video taken by the
camera is 10 seconds. The shooting screen shows that at around 1:15 pm on October 6, an elope cat appeared in the screen.
On February 5, 2021, the country announced the newly adjusted " National Key Protected Wild Animals List ", 517 new animals were added, among which the leopard cat was included in the "three-have" animal in National Second-Class Protected Animals .
It is understood that in order to better monitor wild animals, staff generally pay more attention to places with fresh signs of activity during daily patrols, such as hair, footprints, feces, etc. Currently, it mainly relies on placing infrared cameras for monitoring.
Hunan Bamianshan National Nature Reserve was upgraded to a national nature reserve on January 14, 2008. After that, a lot of work was done, the legal publicity efforts were strengthened, wildlife protection knowledge was popularized, and illegal hunting was severely cracked down on illegal hunting. "This time I took a picture of leopard cats, which shows that the ecological environment of the reserve is getting better, and the pictures were shot are relatively clear, which is very precious." In recent years, the Bamianshan Reserve has frequently discovered the figures of national key protected wild animals under infrared camera monitoring. The wild animals that have been discovered include white squids, Tibetan monkeys, spotted forest cabbages, sam deer, etc.
Xiaoxiang Morning News Reporter Zhang Qin Correspondent Huang Xiaoyi
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