獐在吉林省的重新发现

The Rediscovery of Water Deer(Hydropotes Inermis) in Jilin Province

獐(Hydropotes inermis)在历史上曾广泛分布于中国的辽东半岛、华北平原及长江两岸,在1949年以后的多篇文献中没有发现对吉林省獐分布的记载。2017年12月至2018年3月,利用红外相机于吉林省白山市(原浑江市)白山原麝国家级自然保护区拍摄到獐有效照片21张,有效视频时长总计600 s。在后续的野外调查中,研究者现场拍摄到獐幼崽活体及大量獐的活动痕迹,确认獐在吉林省重新发现。

In the history,Water Deer(Hydropotes inermis)distributed widely in the Liaodong Peninsula,the North China Plain and the Yangtze River in China.Since 1949,no record any recorde of the water deer has been reported in Jilin province.The discovery of the water deer has been reported for several times in Jilin province in recent years.Then we carried out an infrared cameras survey in Jilin Baishan Musk Deer National Nature Reserveand during December 2017 to March 2018.Totally,21 photos and 600 seconds video on the water deer were taken(Table 1 and Fig.1b﹣d).In the subsequent studies,a fawn(Fig.1e)and a large amount of the traces(Fig.1f)were photographed in the field.It proved that water deer was existed in Jilin province.