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The giant panda is a highly specialised animal with unique adaptations, and has lived in bamboo forests for millions of years. The average giant panda eats as much as 9 to 14 kg (20 to 31 lb) of bamboo shoots a day to compensate for the limited energy content of its diet.
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. The largest threat to giant panda survival is habitat destruction. People in need of food and income have cleared forests for agriculture and timber.
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! About the Panda: Panda population; Habitat: where do they live? Diet: what do they eat? How long do pandas live? What do they look like? Natural enemies; Life cycle; The future
Behavior and Habitat Wild pandas live only in remote, mountainous regions in central China. These high bamboo forests are cool and wet—just as pandas like it.
Habitat. Pandas live mainly in temperate forests high in the mountains of southwest China. © Fritz Pölking / WWF. Diet. Although classified as a carnivore, the panda’s diet consists almost exclusively of bamboo. © _ Threats. Habitat loss and fragmentation, unsustainable development. Learn more about giant pandas h. 2024 Species Spotlight.
Giant pandas are found only in China. They were once widespread in southern and eastern China and in neighbouring Myanmar and North Vietnam. Today there are confined to temperate forest scattered across six mountain ranges in southwestern China: Minshan, Qinling, Qionglai, Liangshan, Daxiangling, and Xiaoxiangling.
Scientific Name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca. Status: Vulnerable. Weight: Up to150 kg. Size: Up to 1.5 m tall. Population: Approximately 1,864. Habitat: Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests of Southwest China. Range: Central China. Diet: Leaves, stems and shoots of bamboo. Did You Know? The panda's menu consists almost entirely of bamboo.
