Dafengding Nature Reserve

{{Short description|Nature reserve in Sichuan, China}}

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The Dafengding Nature Reserve ({{zh|s=大风顶|p=dàfēng dǐng}}) 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 (Meigu reserve); 1200–4042 meters (Mabian reserve)
• Area: 159.50 sq. kilometers (Meigu reserve); 301.46 sq. kilometers (Mabian reserve)
• Established: 1978

The southernmost population of pandas live in this area. Beside the giant panda, fauna in the reserve include:

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• red panda{{cite journal |author1=Zhou, X. |name-list-style=amp |author2=Jiao, H. |author3=Dou, Y. |author4=Aryal, A. |author5=Hu, J. |author6=Hu, J. |author7=Meng, X. |year=2013 |title=The winter habitat selection of Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) in the Meigu Dafengding National Nature Reserve, China |volume=105 |issue=10 |pages=1425–1429 |journal=Current Science |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/256471453}}
• Asiatic black bears
• blue sheep
• giant salamander [https://web.archive.org/web/20070313023334/http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/amphibians/Andrias_davidianus/more_info.html]
• golden monkey
• goral
• leopard
• clouded leopard
• macaque
• muntjac
• sambar

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