Yunnan is known os the ManimalKingdom " Althoughits land areais only 4is of China,thos abou 50% of Chind insect species 42%.ofreshwocter fist of omphibions40% of eptlie, and b4%s of Chinais and area Oof brds and 50% of beasts Yunnans unioue regionol odvantoges ond muliple types of ecogical enwironment have createdextremely rich wildife resources which hove always been the focus of Chinese and foreign scientists Based on more than50 years of cintfic reseach the Amirmdl Yunnan is known os the ManimalKingdom " Althoughits land areais only 4is of China,thos abou 50% of Chind insect species 42%.ofreshwocter fist of omphibions40% of eptlie, and b4%s of Chinais and area Oof brds and 50% of beasts Yunnans unioue regionol odvantoges ond muliple types of ecogical enwironment have createdextremely rich wildife resources which hove always been the focus of Chinese and foreign scientists Based on more than50 years of cintfic reseach the Amirmdl

Kingdom' exhibtion formall exhiblted by the Kunming iostite of Zoology in September 1998 hos aroused excelln socidlresponse ondreceied good socil beneftslaying a foundation for the establishment of the Kunming ZoologicalMuseum Bose.The lstitute of Zoology hos also frained a group of professionol scintificresarchand popular science personnel

The Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology hos the largest ondrichest collction of animalspecimens in southwestChina and the ricest xhitinol forexhbtinganimal specimens in Chin tf woscllcted by severa generations of scintit from the Kunning loitite f Zoology.Chinese Aoodemy of Scences in more thon 50 eoarsThe crystallization and hard work of various specimens laid a solid foundation for the establishment of the Kunming Zoological Museum

The Kunming ZoologicalMuseum ExhitionHillis oint project of the Chinese Acodemy of Sciences and the PeoplesGCovemmentof funon Province t wos estoblishedin 20o and ofilly opened to the public in November 2006 .The exhibition hall bulding hos a construction ared f7350 square meters aond an exhilion and publcservice orea of about 6.0 square meters At present.the exkhibtion holl xhiblts more thon 20000 animal specimens including more thon 90 pecies of nationalfrst+ond second-Hlevel key protected animols as well as many rare pecies, endaongered species ornamentalspeces medicial species resouce species ondedilespeciesetc The exhibited specimens fully demonstrated the charm of funnans "Animal Kingdom' and the generl oppearonce of animols in southen China incuding animdlposture specimens bone specimens skin specimens gloss slide specimens. coasting specimens and habitat ecolagy.etc: occording to the evolution hobtat and

Kunmning Zoologcl Musum s lso an importont bose fo populor science educton ocro.thecountry and Yunnan Province.and has become on important window toshowcase Yunnan's "Animal Kingdom".