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Pandas are large black and white bears.
Panda Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ailuropoda
Species: Melanoleuca
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Other Names: Panda, Giant Pandas, Cat
Bear,
Panda in Foreign Languages:
Croatian: panda
Czech: panda velká
Danish: panda / kæmpepanda
Dutch: panda / pandabeer
Finnish: isopanda / jättiläispanda
/ panda / pandakarhu
French: panda
German: Panda
Greek: pánta
Hungarian: panda
Icelandic: panda / pandabjörn /
pandabirna
Indonesian: panda
Italian: panda
Japanese: panda
Korean: panda
Navajo: shash lizhin dóó ligaígíí
Norwegian: panda / pandabjørn /
kjempepanda
Persian: kherse panda
Portuguese: panda
Russian: pánda
Slovene: panda
Spanish: panda
Swedish: panda / jättepanda / pandabjörn
Thai: mi-panda
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Panda
Conservation Status: Endangered
Estimated: Only 1000 pandas in the wild.
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Size: Adult panda bears are 4 to 6 feet long.
Male pandas weigh up to 350 lbs. Female pandas weigh
as little as 170 lbs but can weigh as much as 280 lbs.
Habitat: Giant pandas are found only in China.
Giant pandas live in broadleaf and coniferous forests
with a dense understory of bamboo. Pandas are found
at elevations between 5,000 and 10,000 feet.
Description: The giant panda has a thick, shaggy,
black-and-white coat. The build of a panda bear resembles
that of other bears, their coloring is what distinguishes
them.
Diet: Panda bears feed almost exclusively on
bamboo. Pandas will eat for 10-16 hours a day, consuming
between 20 to 40 lbs of bamboo daily.
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Communication: Pandas communicate through
sounds bleat, roar, growl, and honk.
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Did You Know?
The Chinese word for Panda is "Xiongmao"
or Giant Cat Bear.
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Gestation: Pandas will carry their young for
approximately 5 months.
Birth: Panda cubs are only 5 ounces at birth.
Panda cubs are born blind, white and completely helpless.
Panda cubs will nurse for 8 to 9 months.
Sexually Mature: Giant pandas reach sexual maturity
between the ages of four and eight years of age. Female
pandas mature between the ages of 4-5, while males mature
between the ages of 6 to 7 years.
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Life Span: Panda bears live between 14
to 20 years in the wild. Pandas can live up to
30 years in capitivity.
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Did You Know?
Bamboo is both food and shelter for
pandas.
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Social Structure: Adult giant pandas are generally
solitary, unless rearing young. Panda bear cubs will
stay with their mothers from one and a half to three
years.
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