Pandas are endangered mainly due to habitat loss.

Humans have cleared much of the

bamboo forests that pandas need to survive. Because pandas eat only bamboo, they cannot
adapt to live outside of those forests the way other animals do, unless the pandas are
provided with bamboo. Pandas also have difficulty reproducing, even in captivity, due to their
extreme choosiness about their mates, their low-nutrient milk and the fact that they usually
only have one viable cub at a time. Poaching is also an issue for pandas, since panda skins and
pelts are valuable on the black market.