The Dafengding Nature Reserve () is located in Meigu County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, and in the Mabian Yi Autonomous County in Leshan prefecture-level city, both in Sichuan Province in the People's Republic of China, within the montane forests of the Hengduan Mountains.
Elevation: 1240 – 3835 meters (Meigu reserve); 1200–4042 meters (Mabian reserve) Area: 159.50 sq. kilometers (Meigu reserve); 301.46 sq. kilometers (Mabian reserve) Established: 1978
The southernmost population of giant pandas live in this area. Besides the giant panda, fauna in the reserve include:
red panda Asiatic black bear blue sheep giant salamander golden monkey goral leopard clouded leopard macaque muntjac sambar
In 2025, researchers described mustelid specimens captured in the Dafengding Nature Reserve as a new species, Mustela mopbie.
References
External links
CSIS - Mabian reserve Giant panda tour