Abstract: To provide theoretical basis for the establishment and perfection of the relevant protection policy,local people who lived in Cangshan Nature Reserve of Dali for a long time were visited to investigate the temporal and spatial distribution pattern of wild animal resources in the area.The results showed that wild animals distributed in Cangshan Nature Reserve include 27 species from 14 families,7 species are under State first-class protection,and 11 species are under second class protection.As to the temporal distribution pattern,the number of Cangshan wild animals showed a decreasing trend as a whole; although the corresponding mitigation was achieved after 2004,the protected species still reduced obviously and the recovery and development mainly concentrated on the small and medium non-protected species.The spatial distribution showed patch pattern,which was more obvious in the eastern slope than that in the west,thus it could be concluded that the spatial al and temporal distribution pattern of Cangshan wild animal is mainly affected by a comprehensive effect of the vegetation type,human disturbance and altitude pattern.