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Giant Panda. Scientific Name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca. Type: Mammals. Diet: Omnivore. Average Life Span In The Wild: 20 years. Size: 4 to 5 feet. Weight: 300 pounds. Size relative to a 6-ft man:...
Adored around the world, the distinctive black and white animal is a national treasure in China and has been the symbol of WWF since its formation in 1961. While its numbers are slowly increasing, the giant panda remains one of the rarest and most endangered bears in the world. Learn more about this amazing species!
Giant pandas are native to central China and have come to symbolize vulnerable species. As few as 1,864 giant pandas live in their native habitat, while another 600 pandas live in zoos and breeding centers around the world. Fact Sheet. Conservation. Physical Description. The giant panda, a black-and-white bear, has a body typical of bears.
Giant Panda. Scientific Name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca. Type: Mammals. Diet: Omnivore. Average Life Span In The Wild: 20 years. Size: 4 to 5 feet. Weight: 300 pounds. High in dense bamboo forests...
Panda habitat is one of the most biodiverse of any ecosystem in the world and critically important for other threatened and endangered species, including golden snub-nosed monkeys, takins, red pandas, and snow leopards.
Natural enemies and defences. What do they eat? How big, tall, and heavy are they? Life cycle. Panda population. History of panda conservation. Why save the panda? Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca); Sichuan Province, China. © Michel Gunther / WWF. Working to sustain the natural world for the benefit of people and nature. About the panda.
Giant pandas. Pandas: an emblem of global biodiversity. After decades of effort, wild panda numbers are rising, but there are still only 1,864 spread across 20 pockets of bamboo forest. And the remaining pandas still face a number of threats, particularly habitat loss and fragmentation.
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