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Tibetan antelopes in China's Xizang enter mating season
By Xinhua Published: Dec 12, 2025 01:25 PM
Two male Tibetan antelopes confront before a fight at the Changtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 1, 2025. Winter is the mating season for Tibetan antelopes, which enjoy first-class state protection in China, and are mostly found in the Xizang Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Guo Yu)

Two male Tibetan antelopes confront before a fight at the Changtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 1, 2025. Winter is the mating season for Tibetan antelopes, which enjoy first-class state protection in China, and are mostly found in the Xizang Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Guo Yu)


 
Two male Tibetan antelopes fight for mating at the Changtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 3, 2025. Winter is the mating season for Tibetan antelopes, which enjoy first-class state protection in China, and are mostly found in the Xizang Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

Two male Tibetan antelopes fight for mating at the Changtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 3, 2025. Winter is the mating season for Tibetan antelopes, which enjoy first-class state protection in China, and are mostly found in the Xizang Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)


 
A Tibetan antelope is pictured at the Changtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Nov. 30, 2025. Winter is the mating season for Tibetan antelopes, which enjoy first-class state protection in China, and are mostly found in the Xizang Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

A Tibetan antelope is pictured at the Changtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Nov. 30, 2025. Winter is the mating season for Tibetan antelopes, which enjoy first-class state protection in China, and are mostly found in the Xizang Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)


 
A male Tibetan antelope chases a female one at the Changtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 1, 2025. Winter is the mating season for Tibetan antelopes, which enjoy first-class state protection in China, and are mostly found in the Xizang Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Guo Yu)

A male Tibetan antelope chases a female one at the Changtang National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dec. 1, 2025. Winter is the mating season for Tibetan antelopes, which enjoy first-class state protection in China, and are mostly found in the Xizang Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Guo Yu)