"Ailuropoda melanoleuca"
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ursidae
Genus: Ailuropoda
Species: Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Diet
The diet of Giant Panda, is actually quite simple, 90 percent of what they eat is bamboo. The other ten is mixed in sometimes with vegetables or small animals. The Giant Panda has been reported to attack humans but for aggravation reasons not for hunger reasons.
Endangerd Since the Giant Panda is endangered, special care has to be taken into account. There are about forty panda reserves in china as of today compared to 13 which is what they had years back. The population is slowly increasing with the care and effort they put into making sure that the survival of these animals is priority.
Literature Cited
"Giant Pandas". Smithsonian National Zoological Park. http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/PandaFacts/default.cfm
"Giant Panda" Discovery Communications, LLC. http://animal.discovery.com/mammals/giant-panda/
Bram, Leon (1986). Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia Vol 20 (Internet ed.). Funk & Wagnalls Inc. p. 119.
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