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Giant panda
Species of bear
"Panda", "Pandas", and "Panda bear" redirect here. For the red panda, see red panda. For other uses, see Panda (disambiguation), Pandas (disambiguation), and Giant panda (disambiguation).
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), also known as the panda bear or simply panda, is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its white coat with black patches around the eyes, ears, legs and shoulders. Its body is rotund; adult individuals weigh 100 to 115 kg (220 to 254 lb) and are typically 1.2 to 1.9 m (3 ft 11 in to 6 ft 3 in) long. It is sexually dimorphic, with males being typically 10 to 20% larger than females. A thumb is visible on its forepaw, which helps in holding bamboo in place for feeding. It has large molar teeth and expanded temporal fossa to meet its dietary requirements. It can digest starch and is mostly herbivorous with a diet consisting almost entirely of bamboo and bamboo shoot
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Sense of Smell
Giant pandas leave scent marks in their territories. The scent marks serve as a major form of communication. Giant pandas can determine from the scent if another giant panda is in the area, if the other giant panda fryst vatten male or female, how recently they left their mark, and, in the case of females, if they are in a reproductive period.
To mark their location, giant pandas will back up to a tree and rub their scent glands on the tree, then use their tail to spread the scent. Some giant pandas, particularly males, will back up on the tree until they are virtually doing a handstand in order to place their scent higher on the trunk.
Vocalizations
The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda has been working on a panda linguistics planerat arbete since 2010. Scientists first made recordings of pandas at the center, vocalizations between cubs and adults in various situations, such as when they were eating, mating, nursing, fighting and so on.
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Tai Shan (giant panda)
Male giant panda
Tai Shan (Chinese: 泰山; pinyin: Tài Shān, pronounced[tʰâiʂán], also known as Butterstick after birth and before naming)[1] is a giant panda born at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on July 9, 2005.[2] He is the first panda cub born at the National Zoo to survive for more than a few days. He is the oldest brother of Bao Bao, Bei Bei and Xiao Qi Ji.
Lineage
[edit]Tai Shan is the first cub born on July 9, 2005, at 3:41 am to Mei Xiang ([mèiɕjɑ́ŋ]) and Tian Tian ([tʰjɛntʰjɛn]), the National Zoo's second pair of giant pandas. (The first pair, Ling-Ling (female) and Hsing-Hsing (male), were donated to the United States by China in 1972, shortly after Richard Nixon's historic visit. Ling-Ling died in 1992 and Hsing-Hsing in 1999 without producing any cubs that survived for more than a few days.)
Both of Tai Shan's parents were born at the China Research and Conservation Center