Rare endangered animals' giant panda of China

Praised as the giant panda of " living fossil ", is a characterized animal of China

Another name Giant panda, bamboo bear, colored bear

Scientific name Ailuropoda melanoleuca

English famous giant panda

Giant panda's family Ailuropodidae

Distribution Some areas of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu

Animal under top-level State protection
The charming giant panda that likes is one of people's favorite wild animals that the disposition docility, looks can be held with both hands, taken action, have already been selected to be used as the emblem by world wildlife foundation now. Its body is 120-180 centimetres long, end is 10-20 centimetres long, weight is 60,000-110,000 grams. Head round heavy, the previous palm except 5 bring toe of claw, another the sixth toe. Truck, and tail getting white, two ear, near the eyes, four limbs and shoulder blade department getting black all, the belly is light brown or greyish black.
Perch in the deciduous foliage forest, wide mixed forest of needle and mountain region bamboo grove of the inferior alpine conifer leaf forest belt 2000-3000 meters above sea level. There is no fixed nest, eat while walking, like to move about alone, sway everywhere. Often lie and sleep under the big tree or in the bamboo grove. The vision is relatively bad, take action slowly, but can climb up the tall and big trees fast but in a flexible way, and can swim across the river small stream of the turbulance. Mainly consume the bamboo shoot of the bamboos, bamboo leaf, pray on the little animal too once in a while. Oestrous is April - May of every year, there is mating in autumn, a son at each birth, 2 accidental sons.
Ago dozens of ten thousand years hemera in giant panda, had distributed in the east of China extensively, later on animals of the same period exterminate in succession, but giant panda offers as a gift lonelily so far, keeps the already existing old characteristic, praised as " the living fossil ". Giant panda distribute range to be already very narrow, limited to Qin south of the Five Ridges slope, Mount Min, Qionglai mountain, all kinds of looks mountain range and some areas of Liangshan of China only nowadays. At present, our government has already taken a series of effective measures, in order to protect this endangered living fossil better. The survival or perish of the giant panda, has already been paid close attention to by common people. In order to protect and breed the giant panda in the future, will need to continue doing a large number of arduous work.