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Chapter 6 - Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

from Part II - Species Accounts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 November 2020

By
Ronald R. Swaisgood ,
William M. McShea ,
David Wildt ,
Vanessa Hull ,
Jindong Zhang ,
Megan A. Owen ,
Zejun Zhang ,
Zachary Dvornicky-Raymond ,
Marc Valitutto  and
Dihua Li
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Vincenzo Penteriani  and
Mario Melletti
Vincenzo Penteriani
Affiliation:
Spanish Council of Scientific Research (CSIC)
Mario Melletti
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WPSG (Wild Pig Specialist Group) IUCN SSC
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Summary

This chapter comprises the following sections: names, taxonomy, subspecies and distribution, descriptive notes, habitat, movements and home range, activity patterns, feeding ecology, reproduction and growth, behavior, parasites and diseases, status in the wild, and status in captivity.

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Giant pandaChinaAiluropoda melanoleucataxonomydistributionhabitatbehaviorconservationstatus
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Bears of the World
Ecology, Conservation and Management
 , pp. 63 - 77
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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