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12-22-2016

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Ailuropoda melanoleuca NatureServe Explorer Species Reports — NatureServe Explorer is a source for authoritative conservation information on more than 50,000 plants, animals and ecological communtities of the U.S and Canada. NatureServe Explorer provides in-depth information on rare and endangered species, but includes common plants and animals too. NatureServe Explorer is a product of NatureServe in collaboration with the Natural Heritage Network.

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FWS Digital Media Library — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s National Digital Library is a searchable collection of selected images, historical artifacts, audio clips, publications, and video.The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca; Chinese: 大熊猫; pinyin: dàxióngmāo), also known as the panda bear or simply the panda, is a bear native to south central China. It is characterised by large, black patches around its eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. The name “giant panda” is sometimes used to distinguish it from the red panda, a neighboring musteloid. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the giant panda is a folivore, with bamboo shoots and leaves making up more than 99% of its diet. Giant pandas in the wild will occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents, or carrion. In captivity, they may receive honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared food. The giant panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China,

Detailed information
Full Name: Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Where found: Wherever found
Critical Habitat:N/A
Species Group:Mammals
Current listing status
Status Date Listed Lead Region Where Listed
Endangered 01/23/1984 Foreign (Headquarters) Wherever found
  • Countries in which the the Giant panda, Wherever found is known to occur: China
Federal register documents
Date
Citation Page
Title
01/23/1984 49 FR 2779 2783 List 10 Foreign Mammals as End. Species, & Withdrawal of 1 Species; 49 FR 2779-2783
03/01/1983 48 FR 8514 8517 Proposed Listing of 12 Species of Foreign Mammals as End. Species; 48 FR 8514-8517
Recovery
No recovery information is available for the Giant panda.
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