Hello! This is the Panda Section of our website! Here, you can find amazing facts about the Panda.

Habitat

          Giant pandas live in a few mountain ranges in south central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. They once lived in lowland areas, but farming, forest clearing and other development now restrict giant pandas to the mountains. Giant pandas live in broadleaf and coniferous forests with a dense understory of bamboo, at elevations between 5,000 and 10,000 feet. Torrential rains or dense mist throughout the year characterizes these forests, often shrouded in heavy clouds.

About Pandas

Speed: 20 m/h (32km/h)
Mass: 150 – 280 lbs (Female, Adult)
Lifespan: 20 years (In the wild)
Known for: Easily being able to camouflage and communicate with their fur
Closest Relative:
Animal Type: Mammal

Diet

           A panda's daily diet is made up of almost nothing but bamboo shoots and leaves. Occasionally they eat other vegetation, fish, or small mammals, but bamboo accounts for 99 percent of their diets. Pandas eat fast, they eat a lot, and they spend about 12 hours a day doing it. 

Population

           The most recent estimates indicate that more than 1,800 pandas now live in southwestern China, and their numbers are increasing. That trend prompted the country to announce, in 2021, that pandas are no longer endangered.

Types of Pandas

           There are only two types of pandas: the Red Panda and the Giant Panda. However, these two species are not actually related. The giant panda belongs to the Ursidae family (Bears) and the red panda belongs to its own taxonomically unique Family: Ailuridae. The giant panda and the red panda do however share some of the same characteristics and a common ancestor.