Clara Arango

Mr. Bachmann

Biology period 6Source: http://www.chinatouristmaps.com/assets/images/travelthemepic/sichuan/giant-

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Giant Panda

Stats

• length: 5ft. (standing erect) females slightly small.

• Weight: up to 265lb.femeles slightly small.

• Color: black and white.• Lifespan: 20 to 30 years

in captivity.• Population:2000 pandas.Source:img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/full/2011/03/17/75437-giant-

panda-cubs-are-seen-before-a-group-photo-is-taken-at-the-bifengx.jpg

Food Source

• Bamboo

• Berries

• Fruits

• Flowers

• Fungi

• GrassSource: http://thegreenloopblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/bamboo-forest-3.jpg

Habitat Map• Source: http://pire.psc.isr.umich.edu/files/photo/Map.jpg

Habitat

• The panda first appeared 2 to 3 million years ago. Originally, panda territory included South and East China and parts of Myanmar and Northern Vietnam. Fossil evidence shows that pandas lived almost as far north as Beijing.

• pandas are found in six isolated forest areas in Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaanxi provinces in China.

• Source: http://slack.net/~rd/wanglang/panda_facts_files/image002.jpg

Scientific Name

• Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

• The scientific name means, "black and white cat-footed animal.“

• Source: http://www.mccullagh.org/db9/d30-7/panda-1.jpg

Human Interaction

• Today the principal cause of its decline is the erosion of its habitat due to crop cultivation or from natural cause such as die-black of bamboo.

• As its natural habitat becomes increasingly surrounded by human settlement to panda can no longer migrate to unaffected area.

• The Chinese people now support any measures necessary for the panda's protection.

• Pandas in the zoo interaction with human.• Source: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.gadling.com/media/2011/02/atlanta-zoo-jack-black-panda.jpg

Social Structure

• Adult giant pandas are generally solitary, but they do communicate periodically through scent marks, calls, and occasional meetings. Offspring stay with their mothers from one and a half to three years.

• The giant panda has lived in bamboo forests for several million years. It is a highly specialized animal, with unique adaptations.

• Usually single cub.• Lifestyle habit: solitary.

• Source: http://www.topchinatravel.com/pic/city/chengdu/attractions/panda-7.jpg

Reproduction

• Gestation: 5 months.• Breeding season: Not known, but thought to

be April.• Gestation is five months long, and 1-2 young are

born (although only one is ever raised). The young are 3.2-4.6 oz (90-130 g) in weight and 5.9-6.6 in (15-

17 cm) long at birth and are blind and helpless.

• Source: http://relivearth.com/wildlifereporter/files/2011/02/cao-cao.jpg

Works cited

• http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/PandaFacts/default.cfm• http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/giantpanda/panda.html• http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/species_SKU.cfm?gid=25

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