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SpeciesCarnivoraUrsidae
Carnivores

🐼Giant panda

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David, 1869)

Вели́ка па́нда, бамбу́ковий ведмі́дь (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, кит. 大熊猫, пін. dà xióngmāo) — рослиноїдний ссавець із ряду хижих і родини ведмедевих (Ursidae). Проживає на кількох гірських хребтах Китаю — у результаті землеробства, вирубки лісів та іншого, бамбуковий ведмідь був вигнаний із низинних районів. Населяє гірські ліси, змішані хвойні й широколистяні ліси, де присутній бамбук, який становить 99 % раціону тварини. Голова кругла, тіло кремезне, хвіст короткий. Шерсть дуже густа; на тулубі біла, а ноги, кінець хвоста, вуха, круги навколо очей чорні. Бамбуковий ведмідь заввишки 65–70 см, довжина тіла до 1,5 м, вага 80–125 кг.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Photos
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Measurements
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vs you
≈ 1.9× your weight
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendIncreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
118 kg
Body length
1.42 m
Shoulder height
0.68 m
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
37 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Giant panda

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
118 kg
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 118 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
1.42 m
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Shoulder height
0.68 m0.65–0.7 m · typical rangeat the shoulder
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"The shoulder height is 65-70 cm." Value is the midpoint of the stated range; measurement method beyond "shoulder height" not stated.

Source: Animal Diversity Web (Univ. Michigan), Ailuropoda melanoleuca account, https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Ailuropoda_melanoleuca/ · see citation

Brain mass
243 g
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
37 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 37 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
14 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Age at maturity
6.6 years
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Gestation
131 days
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Figures vary

  • 48 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 2
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 1.5AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Herbivore
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Activity cycle
Crepuscular / mixed
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Home range
3.55 km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Population density
0.18 per km²
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Source: COMBINE · v1 (Soria et al. 2021) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
118 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Giant panda yet: top speed, bite force.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderCarnivora
  5. ›familyUrsidae
  6. ›genusAiluropoda
  7. ›speciesAiluropoda melanoleuca
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  3. familyUrsidae
  4. genusAiluropoda
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderCarnivorans · Carnivora
  12. suborderCaniformia
  13. familyUrsidae
  14. genusAiluropoda
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Closest relative on this site
🐻 American black bear — last shared an ancestor ≈ 9.8 million years ago.
What it eats
leaves, roots and other plants90%
warm-blooded animals10%
In other languages
Großer Panda (de), 大熊猫 (zh), panda wielka (pl), Ailuropoda melanoleuca (es), óriáspanda (hu), بندة عملاقة (ar) … and 28 more languages
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