Description | 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.
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Ursidae : Ailuropoda : Ailuropoda melanoleuca |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Ursidae : Ailuropoda : Ailuropoda melanoleuca |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Ailuropoda |
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Common Name | giant panda |
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Scientific Name | Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David, 1869) |
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Name Published In | Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Bull. vol.5 p.13-Dec |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Ailuropoda melanoleuca | species | belongs to Ursus | stated with evidence | David, 1869 | Ailuropoda melanoleuca | species | belongs to Ailuropoda | stated with evidence | Milne-Edwards, 1870 | Ailuropoda melanoleuca | species | belongs to Ailuropus | stated with evidence | Milne-Edwards, 1871 | Ailuropoda melanoleuca | species | belongs to Ailuropoda | stated without evidence | Ewer, 1973 | Ailuropoda melanoleuca | species | belongs to Ailuropoda | stated with evidence | Chorn and Hoffman, 1978 |
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Status (PBDB) | extant |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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First Recorded Appearance | 0.78 - 0.13 Ma Pleistocene |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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Diet | herbivore, carnivore (based on Ursidae) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Chorn and R. S. Hoffman. 1978. Ailuropoda melanoleuca. Mammalian Species 110:1-6 |
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Common Name(s) | Bamboo Bear, Giant Panda, Panda Bear, Parti-colored Bear, White Bear, Great Panda, Beishung, Da-xiong-mao, Hong-chun-bao, Großer Panda |
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Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ailuropoda_melanoleuca |
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Chorn J., Hoffman R. S. (1978) Ailuropoda melanoleuca, Mammalian Species 110, 1-6 |
Ewer R. F. (1973) The Carnivores, Ithaca; Cornell University Press, 1973 |
Jin C., Ciochon R. L., et al (2007) The first skull of the earliest giant panda, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104, 10932-10937 |
(2001) website, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Program-03/01 - via Catalogue of Life |
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1992) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing - via Catalogue of Life |
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005) Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2 - via Catalogue of Life |
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole (2000) Common Names of Mammals of the World - via Catalogue of Life |
Chorn, John, and Robert S. Hoffman (1978) Ailuropoda melanoleuca: Mammalian Species, no. 110 - via Catalogue of Life |
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
Chorn, John, and Robert S. Hoffman, 1978: Ailuropoda melanoleuca. Mammalian Species, no. 110. 1-6. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |