Giant Panda
The giant panda, also known as the panda bear (or simply the panda), is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its bold black-and-white coat and rotund body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes used to distinguish it from the red panda, a neighboring musteloid. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the giant panda is a folivore, with bamboo shoots and leaves making up more than 99% of its diet. Giant pandas in the wild occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents, or carrion. In captivity, they may receive honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared food.
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In a welcome piece of good news for the world’s threatened wildlife, the
giant panda has just been downgraded from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Vulnerable’
on the global list of species at risk of extinction, demonstrating how
an integrated approach can help save our planet’s vanishing
biodiversity.
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