Table 6. Farming of 17 medicinal animal species in China


species
No. of
provinces
No. of farms
No. of animals
No. of animals
reproduced
Mammals
Cervus nippon
3
51
7,803
NA
Cervus nippon
11
2,446
289,307
107,139
Cervus nippon (total)
14
2,497
297,110
>107,139
Cervus elaphus
9
391
10,528
2,846
Cervus elaphus
1
2,238
15,000
20,000
Cervus elaphus (total)
10
2,629
25,528
22,846
Muchosus spp.
2
3
2,009
NA
Muchosus spp.
2
9
186
59
Muchosus spp. (total)
4
12
2,195
>59
Selenarctos thibetanus
5
108
3,080
NA
Selenarctos thibetanus
5
120
4,394
92

Selenarctos thibetanus (total)

10
228
7,474
>92
Ursus arctos
3
26
74
5
Ursus arctos
5
25
94
NA

Ursus arctos (total)

8
51
168
>5
Manis pentadactyla
1
NA
50
NA
Saiga tatarica
1
1
26
8
Panthera pardus
1
1
3
0

Reptiles

Trionyx sinensis
5
16
25,500
NA
Trionyx sinensis
3
436
519,614
320,000
Trionyx sinensis (total)
8
452
545,114
>320,000

Chinemys reevesii

2
522
260t
NA
Chinemys reevesii
2
26
20,650
5,000
Chinemys reevesii (total)
4
548
20,650+260t
>5,000

Bungarus multicinctus

3
126
101,200
82,000
Bungarus multicinctus
1
220
20t
100,000

Bungarus multicinctus (total)

4
346
101,200+20t
182,000

Zaocys dhumnades

1
50
50t
NA
Zaocys dhumnades
1

520

200t
10,000
Zaocys dhumnades
5
268
604,650

112,000

Zaocys dhumnades (total)
7
838
604,650+250t
122,000
Agkistrodon acutus
1
400
60t
40,000

Agkistrodon acutus

4
138
102,242
83,000
Agkistrodon acutus (total)
5
538
102,242+60t
123,000

Gekko gecko

2
303
415,000
55,000
Amphibians
Rana chensinensis
1

3,000

3,000,000
2,000,000

Rana chensinensis

3
3,503
501,000
NA

Rana chensinensis (total)

4
6,503
3,501,000
>2,000,000

Bufo bufo

1
1
300,000
135,000
Bufo melanostictus
-
-
-
-

Notes:
1. This table should not be considered complete since some provinces indicated the farming of a particular species but without giving appropriate figures or even estimations.
2."t"=metric ton