Giant Panda
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Giant pandas live in misty, temperate mountain forests with dense bamboo understory, mainly in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu. Adults are mostly solitary and spend much of the day feeding, resting, scent-marking, and moving through familiar forest paths. Their diet is overwhelmingly bamboo, though their bear ancestry gives them strong jaws, large molars, and powerful forelimbs. A notable fact is that a specialized wrist bone acts like a thumb, helping grip bamboo stems while feeding.
- Type
- Brute
- Conservation status
- VU
Growth chain
- Giant Panda Cub
- Giant Panda