[HIGHLIGHTS] In 2022 these new species were included and these were declared extinct!

On May 5, the International Day for Biological Diversity, the Biodiversity Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences released the 22 edition of the Catalogue of Biological Species of China online. Compared with the 2000 version, the 2022 version of the list has added 2023,10027 species and 354 subspecific units.

Experts found that for vertebrates, the new species involved 27 provinces, including 37 species in Yunnan, 19 species in Tibet, 14 species in Guangxi and Guangdong, and 10 species in Sichuan.