Giant panda
SpeciesBears
A bamboo-eating bear species endemic to China.
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Giant panda
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The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a bear species endemic to China. It has a white coat with black patches around its eyes, ears, legs and shoulders, and feeds almost entirely on bamboo and bamboo shoots. Giant pandas live exclusively in six montane regions of China, are generally solitary, and use scent marks for communication. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2016.
- Scientific name
- Ailuropoda melanoleuca
- Diet
- Mostly bamboo and bamboo shoots
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 2016
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Giant panda (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q33602
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
- Illustration
- By J. Patrick Fischer. CC BY-SA 3.0 · File page on Wikimedia CommonsJ. Patrick Fischer, Own workModifications: Resized and converted to WebP
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