Abstract: In this paper, the soil animals in Confucian graveyard of Qufu were investigated. 5456 specimens were collected, which belonged to 5 phylums, 11 classes and 24 orders. The dominant groups were 3 sorts, and the common groups were 8 sorts, accounting for 95.12% of the total. The composition of soil animals in4 habitats was extremely similar, and most of them concentrated in the surface horizon. The diversity and evenness indexes in different habitats were in order of mixed forest> Platycladus forest> Quercus acutissima forest>grassland. In the whole Confucian graveyard, the diversity and evenness indexes of soil macro animals were greatly higher than those of mid small animals.

Key words: Soil animals, Diversity analysis, Confucian graveyard