Abstract:It is important to define the concepts of “wildlife”, “wild fauna and flora” and “wild origin” for wildlife research, conservation, legislation and enforcement. In this paper, we pointed out that the definitions of these concepts used in administrative management and legislation are different from those used in scientific research, e.g. in the fields of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Biology. We classified, compared and analyzed the definitions of these concepts, including “wildlife”, “wild fauna and flo...