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The Giant Pandas mainly live in large bamboo forests on the wet high and big mountains in southwest China’s Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi provinces. The mountains are about 1200 – 3500 meters above sea level and are covered with dense bamboo forest which is the giant panda’s food.
Map of Current and Historic Range of Giant Pandas. Giant pandas were once widespread across central, southern, and eastern China, and China's neighboring countries of Myanmar and northern Vietnam. However, their habitat has shrunk to a few patches in western central China's Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces.
Giant panda, bear with striking black-and-white coloration inhabiting bamboo forests in the mountains of central China. Its coloration, bulky body, and round face gives it a captivating appearance that has endeared it to people worldwide. Learn more about the giant panda in this article.
1,864 in the wild. Scientific Name. Ailuropoda melanoleuca. Height. Adults can grow to more than four feet. Weight. 220–330 pounds. Habitats. Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests of southwest China. The panda, with its distinctive black and white coat, is adored by the world and considered a national treasure in China.
The giant panda was once widespread throughout southern and eastern China, as well as neighbouring Myanmar and northern Vietnam. But due to expanding human populations and development, the species is now restricted to around 20 isolated patches of bamboo forest in six mountain ranges in China's Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.
Giant pandas live in 6 remote, isolated mountain ranges in southwest China. In recent history, they were widespread in southern and central China. Some extinct giant panda species also lived in southern Asia.
Maps. MapMaker Interactive: Giant Panda Ranges. Giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) are one of the rarest animals on Earth. With a species range once extending thousands of kilometers, today they are confined to a few pockets of bamboo forest.
The giant panda species is now restricted to 6 mountain ranges in the southwest of China: Minshan, Qinling, Qionglai, Liangshan, Daxiangling, and Xioxiangling. There are now 59 reserves specifically set up for the giant pandas.
To protect giant panda's habitat, China government has set 13 panda nature reserve areas. In the areas, farming fields have been left to grow back as forest. Trees and bamboo have grown well, and habitat are recovering.
The Giant Panda National Park should increase the connectivity of panda habitat. In contrast, climate change will aggravate habitat loss in local areas, posing a threat to small, local...