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A. m. qinlingensis. Giant panda range. The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), also known as the panda bear or simply panda, is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its white coat with black patches around the eyes, ears, legs and shoulders. Its body is rotund; adult individuals weigh 100 to 115 kg (220 to 254 lb) and are ...
Ailuropodinae. Ailuropodinae is a subfamily of Ursidae that contains only one extant species, the giant panda ( Ailuropoda melanoleuca) of China. The fossil record of this group has shown that various species of pandas were more widespread across the Holarctic, with species found in places such as Europe, much of Asia, North America and even ...
Ailuropoda is the only extant genus in the ursid (bear) subfamily Ailuropodinae. It contains one living and three fossil species of panda. [ 4 ] Only one species— Ailuropoda melanoleuca —currently exists; the other three species are prehistoric chronospecies. Despite its taxonomic classification as a carnivoran, the giant panda has a diet ...
September 25, 1999 (age 24) Owner. Beijing Zoo. Residence. Beijing, China. Parent (s) Pan Pan and Tang Tang. Gu Gu (Chinese: 古 古) is a male giant panda at the Beijing Zoo, born on 25 September 1999 at the Wolong National Nature Reserve. He has received international attention for incidents in which he attacked zoo visitors who trespassed ...
Ailuropoda microta is the earliest known ancestor of the giant panda. It measured 1 m (3 ft) in length; the modern giant panda grows to a size in excess of 1.5 m (5 ft). Wear patterns on its teeth suggest it lived on a diet of bamboo, the primary food of the giant panda. The first discovered skull of the animal in a south China limestone cave ...
Gao Gao. Gao Gao eating bamboo in his habitat at the San Diego Zoo. Gao Gao (Chinese: 高 高; lit. 'High High or Tall Tall' [1]) is a male giant panda formerly at the San Diego Zoo from 2003 to 2018 and was then returned to China. He was diagnosed with a heart murmur in 2013. His right testicle was removed for health in 2014.
Xiao Liwu. Bai Yun (simplified Chinese: 白云; traditional Chinese: 白雲; lit. 'White Cloud'; born September 7, 1991) was the first female giant panda who was born at the Wolong Giant Panda Research Center in China. [1] From September 1996 she lived at the San Diego Zoo for more than 20 years, until being returned to China in May 2019. [1]
ATLANTA - There's not much more time for panda fans to see Zoo Atlanta's quartet of giant pandas before they head to China.. The zoo announced that pandas Lun Lun, Yang Yang, Ya Lun, and Xi Lun ...