The
Taiwan animals gel well with the climate of Taiwan. The climatic condition and the landscape are just perfect for the
fauna in Taiwan. The climatic zone of Taiwan can be divided into three parts. The diversity in climate of Taiwan has led to the origin of several
species of animals in Taiwan.
Taiwan animal life can be divided into the following species:
- Mammals: there are sixty types of species of animals in Taiwan.
- Birds: there are over 500 species of birds in Taiwan. The migratory birds in
Taiwan are famous all over the world.
- Reptiles: there are ninety kinds of reptiles found in Taiwan.
- Amphibians: over thirty species of amphibians are found in
Taiwan.
- Fishes: there are around150 kinds of fishes in Taiwan. This excludes the sea fishes.
- Insects: there are 17,600 kinds of insects that have been already recognized and named in Taiwan.
- Butterflies: there are 400 kinds of butterflies that are found in Taiwan.
The most common species of
animals in Taiwan that are found in abundance are the following:
- Deer
- Wild boars
- Monkeys
- Goats
- Panthers
- Pheasants
- Geese
- Bears
- Wildcats
There are some
rare species of animals in Taiwan that are found no where else on otherwise in less numbers. They are namely species of Swinhoe and Mikado pheasants that are almost extinct in rest of the parts of the world. The Formosan Rock Macaque is particular specie of monkey that is only found in Taiwan.
Taiwan has various programs that work for the
conservation of wildlife in Taiwan. Some of them are the conservation of butterflies in the Orchid Island and Formosan Landlocked Salmon in Shei-pa National Park in Taiwan.
