Overview
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It has the teeth, stomach, and intestines of a coarnivore, but this bear evolved to live almost entirely on bamboo . The panda's specialized wristbone helps it grasp thick plant stalks .
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Common Names
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Common Names in Chinese:
Beishung, Da-Xiong-Mao, Hong-Chun-Bao
Common Names in Dutch:
Reuzenpanda
Common Names in English:
Bamboo Bear, Giant Panda, Great Panda
Common Names in French:
Panda, Panda Géant
Common Names in Russian:
Панда большая
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 591 meters (0 to 1,939 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:1.4Forest - Temperate
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Ferae
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Mckenna, 1975:41
- Order:
Carnivora
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Suborder:
Caniformia
()
- Kretzoi, 1943
- Infraorder:
Arctoidea
()
- Flower, 1869
- Parvorder:
Ursida
()
- Tedford, 1976
- Superfamily:
Ursoidea
()
- (Fischer De Waldheim, 1817) Tedford, 1976
- Family:
Ursidae
()
- (Fischer De Waldheim, 1817) Gray, 1825:339
- Subfamily:
Ailuropodinae
()
- Genus:
Ailuropoda
()
- Milne-Edwards, 1870
- Specific name:
melanoleuca
- (David, 1869)
- Scientific name: - Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David, 1869)
- Specific name:
melanoleuca
- (David, 1869)
- Genus:
Ailuropoda
(
- Subfamily:
Ailuropodinae
(
- Family:
Ursidae
(
- Superfamily:
Ursoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Ursida
(
- Infraorder:
Arctoidea
(
- Suborder:
Caniformia
(
- Order:
Carnivora
(
- Grandorder:
Ferae
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 28-Oct-2003
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Ailuropoda
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. melanoleuca (Giant Panda) · A. microta
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Anglo-russkii biologicheskii slovar' / [avtory, I. N. Afanas'eva et al.; spetsial'nye nauch. redaktory, O. I. Chibisova i L. A. Koziar]. Moskva: Russkii iazyk, 1979. ENG url p. 65.
- Bulletin / Field Museum of Natural History. [Chicago]: The Museum, 1966-1972. ENG url p. 6.
- Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian mammals 1758 to 1946 / by J.R. Ellerman and T.C.S. Morrison-Scott. London: BM(NH), 1951. ENG url p. 242, p. 243, p. 243.
- Dental morphology of the Procyonidae with a description of Cynarctoides, gen. nov. / by Paul O. McGrew -- Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. ENG url p. 334.
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1986. 1986 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Mace, G.M. and Balmford, A. 2000. Patterns and processes in contemporary mammalian extinction. In: A. Entwhistle and N. Dunstone (eds) Priorities for the Conservation of Mammalian Diversity. Has the Panda had its day?, pp. 27-52. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Mammals of the Kelley-Roosevelts and Delacour Asiatic expedition, by Wilfred H. Osgood. Chicago, 1932. ENG url p. 266.
- Masticatory apparatus in the giant panda and the bears. [Chicago, 1944] ENG url p. 61, p. 62, p. 67.
- New North American fleas. [Chicago, 1944] ENG url p. 221.
- New meteorites / by Oliver Cummings Farrington -- Chicago: Field Museum Press, 1914. ENG url p. viii.
- Papers on mammalogy, published in honor of Wilfred Hudson Osgood. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1941 ENG url p. 174, p. 177, p. 8.
- Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History. [San Diego, Calif.]: San Diego Society of Natural History, 1990- ENG url p. 63, p. 65, p. 66.
- Scott, P. (ed.) 1965. Section XIII. Preliminary List of Rare Mammals and Birds. In: The Launching of a New Ark, pp. 15–207. First Report of the President and Trustees of the World Wildlife Fund. An International Foundation for saving the world's wildlife and wild places 1961–1964. Collins, London.
- Servheen, C., Herrero, S. and Peyton, B. (compilers). 1998. Bears. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Bear and Polar Bear Specialist Groups. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- The auditory region of the arctoid carnivores. [Chicago, 1943] ENG url p. 33, p. 42, p. 53, p. 55, p. 56.
- W. Christopher Wozencraft: Status: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bear Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- Royal Ontario Museum: Mammal specimens
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center: Mammal Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2478070
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-621845
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 621845
- IUCN ID: 712
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: A0A5
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1624
Footnotes
- Mean = 180.330 meters (591.634 feet), Standard Deviation = 355.650 based on 3 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
