Article from Enviro Challenges Consulting
posted 10 may of 2021
In 2020 Kaijin Hu and Chunhui Hao provided text about interesting issue concerning experienced a mesocarnivores release phenomenon. They first recollected the presence and absence data of six kinds of wild mammals in eastern China from 1723 of our era to 1949 of our era. The main concept of article is to start a brotherhood project in zoological research and nature conservation. Meanwhile, many other scientists realized initial assesment of mammals and birds in chinese interior by camera traps in wild nature reserves. Fast surveys find rare animals, hence provide milestone in carnivore conservation in region. Moreover China is inhabited by few legendary canids that are not known by science and called as object of cryptozoology. One of them is donkey-headed wolf called erhutou, which has been extinct for 500,000 years, frequently appears in Shennongjia during nowadays. It is believed that some unknown prehistoric canid can persist in wild Hubei.Non-invasive survey on the track of prehistoric erhutou or lutoulang is needed. Research project can be implemented by non-invasive monitoring in wild Shennongjia. Another mystery wild dog is zhejiang canid, which is hypothetical species related or further diverged from genus Canis than dholes, which genes was recently found in one individual of wolf specimen derived from Zhenjiang Province. It is not sure, if this peculiar species of canid is currently extinct. Some extinct species have been postulated, but due to lack of evidence, they can only be considered as a hypothetically extinct species. By the way in the name of speculation biology, hypothetical zhejiang canid can be regarded as canid similar in body shape to dholes or lycaons, with sparse skin, long muzzle and hypercarnivorous dentition but due to lack of evidence their existence is uncertain. Species, that no one knows can be distributed in primite forests of Zhejiang such as Zhaobao Mountains located near the mouth of Yong River or Fenghuangshan, the mountain located on the border of lake from the west Hangzhou (based on records from wikipedia). In according to speculative fiction the species can be distinguish due to peculiar behaviour and living in small packs. It is believed that this medium-sized canid with primitive features is restriced to forest zones. Research project can be implemented by study more museum specimens from Zhenjiang or in situ, by camera trapping and non-invasive scat analysis collected from remote mountains. Scientists can take project in search the phantom canid from Zhejiang supported by fondation or other organisations. The science does not have yet proof in the form of photographic evidence of DNA from skin or scats.Their existence in the remote Zhejiang is only yet the specualative fiction and thus first photographic evidence can provide new challenge in that puzzle. We hope for first ever images of mysterious zhejiang canid captured in the wild. Other canid is wild dog catched probably in Sichuan or Yunnan in 2007 and provided record by portal chelonia.org and seems to be peculiar form of feral dog or another unknown canid that resemble those feral dogs. Their distinguish features was thicky fur, webbed paws and musky scent. It was barely recognized as swampy fox. It is possible that this is the same peculiar variety of wild dog as that was recorded from Karen Hills of Burma in 1930s. Scientific research is needed for further investigation of validity of this race. Poorly is discovered population of dholes Cuon alpinus in the borders of Shaanxi's unexplored mountains and region called Daba Nature Reserve, where occur last populations of ancient lineage of that canid. Asiatic wild dogs are one of the top predators. Dholes are endangered in various montagne regions of China. Research are crucial for understanding asiatic wild dog in evergreen forests. No more informations is available about that breed of wild dogs. Little known are foxes occur in chinese arid zones called corsacs Vulpes corsac recorded from Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang steppes, and highlanders such as tibetan fox, living in Tibetan Plateau. Althrought common predator, the raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides is little known species in the region in such areas as in riverine forests and meadows of Guangdong or Heilongjiang. More studies are needed for revealling the mysterious ecology of this omnivorous canid. For partnership in project please contact with museum of natural history from western Europe, specialists from union for nature conservation and NGOs from french and german teams, wildlife authorities from swiss institute, department of natural resources from nordic and zoo foundation from european city and even cryptozoological society from Czech Republic. Specualtive fiction and wild canids in chinese interior is subject of given article. Research and conservation of legendary canids, including hopeful Cuon sp., are interesting enigmas from the wild world - I encourage for opening the project in wild China. Published by cabinet of natural history. Quatl diaries of zoological phenomenon is subject of the article. Images rights: photo one ancient wolf as zhejiang canid by alamy stock photo. image two chinese pick-up by general motors. Contact echl.league.scientific@gmail.com. Author Environment Challenges Consulting and scientific writer, Tomasz Q. Pietrzak.This project is based on scientific review between 2013-2017 and dated back as far as 2010. This groundwork article is popularizing of zoology and planet Earth. Publication number 29ncRQ/%4