Muping Town

Town in Sichuan, China
30°22′9″N 102°48′50″E / 30.36917°N 102.81389°E / 30.36917; 102.81389CountryChinaProvinceSichuanPrefectureYa'anCountyBaoxingArea
 • Total211 km2 (81 sq mi)Elevation
1,010 m (3,310 ft)Population
11,789Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)Postal code
625700
Area code0835

Muping Town is a town and the county seat of Baoxing County in Sichuan 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, Moupin broad-muzzled bat, Pterolophia moupinensis, Salix moupinensis, and Fragaria moupinensis.[1]

References

  1. ^ "The Mammals of Moupin". Nature. 10 (237): 32–33. 1874. doi:10.1038/010032a0. S2CID 4081217.


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