The giant panda is a unique animal in China, and its main existing habitats are mountainous areas in China, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu.

Giant panda: the only mammal belonging to Carnivora, Xiong Ke, Giant Panda Subfamily and Giant Panda Family, with a head length of 1.2- 1.8m and a tail length of 10- 12cm.

The weight is 80- 120kg, and the maximum weight can reach 180kg. It is black and white, with round cheeks, big dark circles, chubby body, iconic walking posture, with eight characters in it and claws as sharp as scalpels. Is one of the cutest animals in the world.

Giant pandas have lived on the earth for at least 8 million years and are known as "living fossils" and "national treasures of China". It is the image ambassador of WWF and the flagship species of global biodiversity conservation.

According to the third national wild panda population survey, there are less than 1600 wild pandas in the world, which belong to the national first-class protected animals. By the end of 2011/the number of giant pandas in captivity in China was 333.

Giant pandas eat meat at first. After evolution, 99% of their food is bamboo, but their teeth and digestive tract remain intact and they are still classified as carnivores. When they are angry, they are as dangerous as other bear species. The life span of giant pandas in the wild is 18-20 years old, and they can be over 30 years old in captivity.

By 20 18, 1 1, the number of giant pandas in captivity has reached a new high, reaching 548 in the world.

Extended data:

The distribution area of giant pandas is already quite narrow. In fact, its distribution is limited to the southern slope of Qinling Mountain in Shaanxi, China, Minshan Mountain, Qionglai Mountain, Daxiangling Mountain and Xiaoxiangling Mountain in Sichuan, and it lives in deciduous broad-leaved forest and mountain bamboo forest in subalpine coniferous forest belt at an altitude of 1400-3600 meters, with a total area of 29,500 square meters.

Due to human factors, such as mountains, rivers or highways, cultivated land, etc., each area is divided into smaller units. So the actual habitat area is less than 20% of the total area, only about 5900 square kilometers.

There are 30 small populations in China, with a total population of about 1000. Except for Wolong in Sichuan, each population is less than 50, and some are only 10. Broken habitats and isolated living conditions are very unfavorable for giant pandas to breed and resist natural disasters.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Giant Panda