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Giant panda
Photo: J. Patrick Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0

Forest & mountain · Mammal

Giant panda

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

The giant panda is a bear that eats almost nothing but bamboo. Thanks to conservation work, it moved from "endangered" to "vulnerable" in 2016.

Where it lives
Mountain forests of central China
Diet
HerbivoreEats plants
Weight
70–125 kg
Shoulder height
70 cm
Top speed
30 km/h
Lifespan (wild)
15–20 years

In Pawpedia: What is a mammal?What is a herbivore?

Yaman scale

Drawn side by side with Yaman, to the same scale.

It would take about 2 of them to match Yaman's height (shoulder height 70 cm). 0.25 m0.5 m0.75 m1 m1.25 m1.5 m Yaman · 1.5 m Giant panda · 70 cm
Shoulder height2×= 1 Yaman

It would take about 2 of them to match Yaman's height (shoulder height 70 cm).

Weight2.8Yamans

Around 98 kg — as heavy as 2.8 Yamans.

Common questions

Where does the giant panda live?

Mountain forests of central China. In our zoo it lives in the Forest & mountain zone.

What does the giant panda eat?

It is a herbivore: it eats plants.

How big does the giant panda get?

Shoulder height: 70 cm. It weighs 70–125 kg.

How long does the giant panda live?

15–20 years in the wild.

How fast is the giant panda?

It can reach about 30 km/h.

Is the giant panda endangered?

On the IUCN Red List it is listed as vulnerable. Numbers are falling; it will be in danger without protection.

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Did you know?

  • It eats 12 to 38 kilograms of bamboo a day and spends half the day eating.
  • A "sixth finger" — a special wrist bone — helps it grip bamboo.
  • A newborn panda cub weighs about as much as a stick of butter.

How safe is it?

  1. LC
  2. NT
  3. VU
  4. EN
  5. CR
  6. EW
  7. EX

Vulnerable. Numbers are falling; it will be in danger without protection.

IUCN Red List

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