Animals
Protected species under Wild Animals Protection Ordinance Cap 170
| Order | Family | Scientific Name | English Common Name | Chinese Common Name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mammalia | Mammals | 哺乳類 | |||
| 1 | Chiroptera | Chiroptera, all species of all genera and all families | Bats | 蝙蝠 | |
| 2 | Primates | Primates, all species of all genera and all families except an individual of the family Hominidae (man) | Primates (Monkeys etc.) | 靈長屬 (猴子等) | |
| 3 | Pholidota | Manidae | Manis pentadactyla | Chinese Pangolin | 穿山甲 |
| 4 | Rodentia | Hystricidae | Hystrix hodgsoni | Chinese Porcupine | 箭豬 |
| 5 | Sciuridae | Sciuridae, all species of all genera | Squirrels | 松鼠 | |
| 6 | Cetacea | Cetacea, all species of all genera and all families | Cetaceans (Dolphins, whales, porpoises) | 鯨屬 (海豚、鯨魚、小鯨) | |
| 7 | Carnivora | Canidae | Vulpes vulpes | Common Red Fox | 紅狐 |
| 8 | Viverridae | Herpestes, all species Paguma larvata Viverricula indica Viverra zibetha |
Mongooses Masked Palm Civet Small Indian Civet Large Indian Civet |
獴屬 果子狸 七間狸 五間狸 |
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| 8 | Mustelidae | Lutra lutra Melogale moschata |
Otter Chinese Ferret Badger |
水獺 鼬獾 |
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| 9 | Felidae | Felis bengalensis | Leopard Cat | 豹貓 | |
| 10 | Sirenia | Dugongidae | Dugong, all species | Dugongs | 儒艮 |
| 11 | Artiodactyla | Cervidae | Muntiacus reevesi | Reeves' Muntjac or Barking Deer | 黃麂 |
| Aves | Birds | 雀鳥類 | |||
| 12 | Aves, all species of all genera, all families and all orders | All wild birds | 所有野生雀鳥 | ||
| Reptilia | Testudines | 爬蟲類 | |||
| 13 | Testudines | Testudines, all species of all genera and all families | Chelonians (Turtles, terrapins, tortoises etc.) | 龜鱉屬 (海龜、鱉、龜等) | |
| 14 | Serpentes | Boidae | Python molurus bivittatus | Burmese Python | 緬甸蟒蛇 |
| 15 | Sauria | Varanidae | Varanus salvator | Water Monitor | 水巨蜥 |
| Amphibia | Amphibians | 兩棲類 | |||
| 16 | Caudata | Salamandridae | Paramesotriton hongkongensis | Hong Kong Newt | 香港蠑螈 |
| 17 | Anura | Ranidae | Amolops hongkongensis | Hong Kong Cascade Frog | 香港瀑蛙 |
| 18 | Rhacophoridae | Philautus romeri | Romer's Tree Frog | 盧文氏蛙 | |
| Insecta | Insects | 昆蟲類 | |||
| 19 | Lepidoptera | Papilionidae | Troides helena | Birdwing Butterfly | 黃扇蝶 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Protected Species In Hong Kong
Famous quotes containing the word animals:
“I wish more and more that health were studied half as much as disease is. Why, with all the endowment of research against cancer is no study made of those who are free from cancer? Why not inquire what foods they eat, what habits of body and mind they cultivate? And why never study animals in health and natural surroundings? why always sickened and in an environment of strangeness and artificiality?”
—Sarah N. Cleghorn (1976–1959)
“You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries of magic and religion.... Dogs do not ritually urinate in the hope of persuading heaven to do the same and send down rain. Asses do not bray a liturgy to cloudless skies. Nor do cats attempt, by abstinence from cat’s meat, to wheedle the feline spirits into benevolence. Only man behaves with such gratuitous folly. It is the price he has to pay for being intelligent but not, as yet, quite intelligent enough.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“The saying, “The Magyar is much too lazy to be bored,” is worth thinking about. Only the most subtle and active animals are capable of boredom.—A theme for a great poet would be God’s boredom on the seventh day of creation.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)