Muping Town is a
town
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world.
Origin and use
The word "town" shares an ori ...
and the county seat of
Baoxing County
Baoxing County () is one of the seven counties under the administration of Ya'an City, in west-central Sichuan Province, China, located along the upper reaches of the Qingyi River (). It is a vital geopolitical crossroad, transportation hub, and m ...
in
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
province of southwest China. In the late 1800s, under its alternative rendering Moupin, it developed a reputation for biodiversity among western naturalists, so a number of species carry the name Moupin or the specific epithets ''moupinensis'' and ''moupinense'', these include the
Moupin pig,
Moupin pika
The Moupin pika (''Ochotona thibetana''), also known as Ribetischer Pika, Moupin-Pika, Pika del Tibet, and Manipuri pika,Molur, S., Srinivasulu, C., Srinivasulu, B., Walker, S., Nameer, P. O., & Ravikumar, L. (2005)Status of south Asian non-vol ...
,
Moupin broad-muzzled bat
The Moupin broad-muzzled bat ''(Submyotodon moupinensis)'' is a bat in the family Vespertilionidae endemic to southern China.
Description
It has a head-body length of , forearm length of , and tail length of . The fur is long and silky, a yell ...
, ''
Pterolophia moupinensis'', ''
Salix moupinensis'', and ''
Fragaria moupinensis
''Fragaria moupinensis'' is a species of wild strawberry native to China. It is similar in appearance to '' F. nilgerrensis''.
All strawberries have a base monoploid count of 7 chromosomes. ''Fragaria moupinensis'' is tetraploid
Polyploidy ...
''.
References
Township-level divisions of Sichuan
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