GIANT PANDA

GAŠPER ŽALAR 1.E

 RELATIVES

BROWN BEAR (Ursus arctos)

Lenght: 2-3 m
Weight: 100-780 kg

SUN BEAR (Helarctos malayanus)

Lenght: 1,1-1,4 m
Weight: 50-65 kg
SPECTACLED BEAR (Termarctos otus)
Lenght: 1,5-2 m
Weight: 140-175 kg
SLOTH BEAR (Melursus ursinus)
Lenght: 1,4-1,8 m
Weight: 55-190 kg

POLAR BEAR (Ursus maritimus)

Lenght: 2,1-3,4 m
Weight: 400-600 kg

ASIATIC BLACK BEAR (Ursus thibetanus)

Lenght: 1,3-1,8 m
Weight: 100-200 kg

BLACK BEAR (Ursus americanus)

Lenght: 1,3-1,9 m
Weight: 120-300 kg
 FACTS
LENGHT: 1,6-1,9 m
WEIGHT: 70-125 kg
LOCATION: Southwest China (Gansu, Shaanxi, and
Sichuan Provinces) to the east of the Tibetan
plateau.
 HABITAT
Giant pandas live in broadleaf and coniferous forests
with a dense understory of bamboo, at elevations
between 1,700 and 3,000 m. Torrential rains or dense
mist throughout the year characterizes these forests,
often shrouded in heavy clouds.
 LIFE CYLE
A newborn panda cub weighs only 90-130g. and is
about the size of a stick of butter.
The panda cub is 1/900th the size of its mother, one of
the smallest newborn mammals relative to its mother's
size.
Pandas are dependent on their mothers for the first few
months of their lives and are fully weaned at 8 to 9
months.
A panda's average life span in the wild is 14-20 years
(but a panda can live up to 30 years in captivity).
 DIET
A wild giant panda’s diet is almost exclusively bamboo.
Sometimes they also eat: small rodents and musk deer
fawns.
Wild giant pandas get much of the water they need from
bamboo, but they have to drink water from rivers too.
 GIANT PANDA IN ZOOS

Chapultepec zoo, Mex. San Diego zoo, USA National zoo, USA

Atlanta zoo, USA Berlin zoo, Germany Vienna zoo, Austria

Zoo Madrid, Spain Chiang mai zoo, Thailand Ocean Park, Hong Kong

Other zoos: Beijing zoo (China), Taipei zoo (Taiwan),

Adelaide zoo (Australia)
 SOURCES
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_panda
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/default.cfm
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/
http://
www.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/giant_
panda
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