Scientific name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Average size: Head to tail 4 to 5 ft

Average life expectancy: 20 years

Average weight: 300 lbs

Habitat: Bamboo forests in the mountainous regions of central China.

Diet: 99% bamboo. They can occasionally eat meats, tubers, and grasses.

Extra facts: The red panda and giant panda are actually classified in different families.

There are only about 240 captive pandas in the world.

Giant panda cubs are the size of a stick of butter.