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Classification
Mammal
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Diet
Herbivore
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Lifespan
20–35 years
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Weight
70–135 kg
Population Trend
📉Decreasing
Description
The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a mammal indigenous to China. It inhabits temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in the mountains of central china.
Habitat
🌿 temperate broadleaf and mixed forests in the mountains of central china
Extended Data
Taxonomy
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Ursidae
Genus
Ailuropoda
Fun Facts
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Adults can weigh up to 135 kg (300 lbs) and spend 10–16 hours a day eating bamboo
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Despite being classified as bears, pandas have a specialized wrist bone that functions as a pseudo-thumb for gripping bamboo
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Downlisted from Endangered to Vulnerable in 2016 thanks to decades of conservation efforts by China
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The giant panda has been a symbol of China's wildlife diplomacy since the 1970s, with 'panda diplomacy' gifting programs
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Newborn pandas are about 1/900th the size of their mother, weighing only ~100 grams at birth