The mighty mountain giant

The enigmatic Guoshanhuang of China 

  Chinese territory is full of big cats, from Amoy tigers to Amur leopards and snow leopards, also passing through the relatives of the domestic cat, the clouded leopards and the small leopard cats, this earth is full of these, but there was also an enigmatic feline, just as big as the tiger and the leopard, this is the Guoshanhuang, which we will analyze now, thank you for reading, it would be very nice if you share this and follow for more content, now without further ado we start.

The legend of the big yellow cat

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The Guoshanhuang, (Chinese: 过山黄), is a rare big cat, reported in the mountains of the Shennonjia Forest District of China and the Huping Mountains, this is usually described as a tiger-like feline with a length of 3-5 meters, but since it does not resemble the South China tiger, it is also described as having grass-yellow fur and vertical stripes on the shoulders, practically living in the grassy areas of the high mountains, although its most notable characteristic is a supposed pair of upper canines up to 23 cm long, in addition to being a fast animal when it comes to running.

In Shennongjia, western Hubei and eastern Chongqing, he worships them as gods and has respect and veneration for them, having them as kings of the mountains, but did these animals exist?

Direct evidence

Well, getting to the point and objectively, there was possible evidence collected in books and research, such as that carried out by a researcher from the East China Normal University, which collected various reports of this beast, likewise there were several supposed skins of this animal registered by the hunting commissions, but sadly it is believed that they were lost during the great cultural revolution of china, so this does not count as solid evidence for researchers.

Even so, despite the doubt, the possibility in the eyes of Chinese zoologists that such a creature is real is not ruled out. debido a la cantidad de evidencia regarding this creature both at the level of sightings and at the cultural level, since similar creatures have been mentioned since ancient times, Such is the case of the zouye, an animal described as a large tiger, of which there is a record of an alleged capture during the reign of Emperor Yongle of the Ming dynasty, animal que le fue enviado a dicho emperador como obsequio.

Curiously, this shares similarities with the Lion bear, a strange feline, which is said to inhabit the steppes of Mongolia with lion-like characteristics described as a robust creature but despite its volume of mass, it is highly fast and elusive, being an inhabitant of the plains and mountains of Mongolia where he hides, about which there is not much information, but he is attributed with the death of a great Khan of that region during the imperial era.

The possibility that such an animal has existed is not low, it may be according to Chinese zoologists and theories abound, from mutated tigers to unknown sub-species of leopard or tiger, exaggerations, stories or even new species, but due to the lack of evidence it cannot be verified, and what is more, the fact that the area of ​​their sightings is a restricted area and that foreign tourists are still not allowed to enter, and deepen the area, makes Shennongjia even more mysterious, leaving this creature in an air of mystery.

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