Ailuropoda melanoleuca - #977
Giant Panda
Lying on back, eating bamboo using "thumb"
Geographic Distribution
China (Sichuan, Shensi, Gansu; perhaps Qinghai, on E edge of Tibetan plateau).
Order/Family
Ursidae
Genus
Ailuropoda
Specific Epithet
melanoleuca
Image Location
San Diego Zoo, CA, USA
Image Date
1987
Photographer
D G Huckaby