Giant Panda

 Like the dragon of the past GIANT PANDA have become a national emblem for China.it belongs to the bear family and has a body shape typical of  bears.The Giant Pandas diet is 99% bamboo, 1% honey,eggs ,fish ,yams, shrub leaves , oranges and bananas. when available it's scientific name is Ailouropod  melanoeuca ( that means ' black and white cat - foot')The giant panda typically lives around 20 years in the wild and up to 30 years in captivity. The recorded age of the oldest captive giant panda, a female named Ming Ming, is 34The giant panda typically lives around 20 years in the wild and up to 30 years in captivity. The recorded age of the oldest captive giant panda, a female named Ming Ming, is 34.In the wild, the giant panda is a terrestrial animal  and primarily spends its life roaming and feeding in the bamboo forests of the Qin-ling Mountains and in the hilly Sichuan Province. Giant pandas are generally solitary, and each adult has a defined territory and females are not tolerant of other females in their range. Pandas communicate through vocalization and scent marking such as clawing trees or spraying urine. The giant panda is able to climb and take shelter in hollow trees or rock crevices but does not establish permanent dens. For this reason, pandas do not hibernate, which is similar to other subtropical mammals, and will instead move to elevations with warmer temperatures.Pandas rely primarily on spatial memory rather than visual memory.

Social encounters occur primarily during the brief breeding season in which pandas in proximity to one another will gather. After mating, the male leaves the female alone to raise the cub.

Kingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:MammaliaOrder:CarnivoraFamily:UrsidaeGenus:AiluropodaSpecies:A. melanoleuca