The investigation on rare & endangered wild vertebrate in Xieshan nature reserve during July-September 2005 by means of sampling survey, interview, historical data collection revealed that there distributed 74 species of rare & endangered wild vertebrate, accounting for 29.27 % of 246 species of vertebrate in the reserve, in which there were 21 species of beast, 38 of bird, 9 of reptile, 4 of amphibian. Moreover, there were 53 species of wildlife of national priority conservation, 38 and 56 species of endangered animals of China re...