The Giant Panda

Tatyana Roman                                                                                          5/7/13

            The Giant panda is an endangered species. The giant pandas scientific name is Ailuropoda melanoleuca. The panda head and body is mainly white. The ears, eyes, nose, shoulders, arms and legs are black. Panda’s eyes are very small and they have very poor eye sight. A panda’s weight is 165 to 330 lb.

            The giant panda is usually solitary. A panda is a predator. The panda is an omnivore. It eats meat and vegetables, such as fruit, berries, grass, fungi and small mammals like birds and fish. The giant panda also sleeps at night.

            The giant panda can be found in Central and Western China. Pandas are very good climbers. They live in the forest. The forest rains a lot.

            The original historical population before giant panda were endangered was that is was always endangered. In the early 21^st century there were 175 pandas. The current population right now is 1000 to 2000 remain in the wild.

            The causes of population decline are because of disruption of habitat and poaching. The world wildlife fund and Chinese ministry or forests have developed a conservation management. The plan outlining 14 new panda reserves and five corridors connecting patches of panda habitat.

                

       (Glenn. "Giant Panda". www.earthsendangered.com N.p. N.p. Web. May 7, 2013)