Infrared cameras recently captured 71 wild animal species in the Lushui section of the Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province.

The footage recorded the activity trajectories of 33 beast species and 38 bird species, proving the rich biodiversity of Gaoligong Mountains and showing the effectiveness of protective measures there.

They include critically endangered Myanmar snub-nosed monkeys, endangered red pandas, Assam macaques, Lady Amherst's pheasants and silver pheasants, according to the Lushui management and conservation branch of the nature reserve.

The mountains are sometimes referred to as the "world species gene bank" and the "world museum of nature."

(Cover: A Myanmar snub-nosed monkey is seen in Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, southwest China, June 13, 2023. /VCG)