- Where to see one
- 3 U.S. zoos in our directory hold giant panda, confirmed against each zoo's own animal list.
Conservation status
Not Evaluated
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List, so it sits outside the threat scale entirely.
About the giant panda
The giant panda is a bear endemic to China, recognised by its white coat with black patches around the eyes, ears, legs and shoulders. It lives only in six montane regions of a few Chinese provinces, at elevations of up to 3,000 m, in forests with a healthy concentration of bamboo. Though a bear, it eats a diet of almost entirely bamboo and bamboo shoots, gripping stems with a thumb-like digit that is really a modified sesamoid bone. Pandas are solitary, gathering only in mating seasons, and rely on scent marks to communicate. Females rear cubs for 18 to 24 months on average.
Giant Panda facts
- The scientific name Ailuropoda melanoleuca means black and white cat-foot.
- The oldest known giant panda was 38 years old.
- Its 10-15 cm tail is the second-longest in the bear family after the sloth bear.
- The Fourth National Survey (2011-2014) counted 1,864 wild pandas over 1.5 years old.
Where to see giant panda in the U.S.
3 zoos across 3 states
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California· 1
District of Columbia· 1
Georgia· 1
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Built from each zoo's own published animal list.
