Giant panda

Scientific name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0339

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Where it lives

The giant panda lives in broadleaf and coniferous forests with a dense bamboo understorey.

Evidence: SRC-DSC-C51603B4B4Statement code: CLM-ENT0339-DSC-03

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2Institutional species profile: Ailuropoda melanoleucaSRC-DSC-C51603B4B4

Where it is found

The giant panda lives in a limited number of mountain ranges in south-central China; this is information about its natural range, not an individual observation record.

Evidence: SRC-DSC-C51603B4B4Statement code: CLM-ENT0339-DSC-02

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Sources

1GBIF taxonomic name match: Ailuropoda melanoleucaSRC-DSC-E5A71A381E
2Institutional species profile: Ailuropoda melanoleucaSRC-DSC-C51603B4B4
3U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Giant Panda profileSRC-DSC-4554BB2A17

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Approved version OWNER-REVIEW-20261108T105320967 · last approved 8 November 2026

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2Institutional species profile: Ailuropoda melanoleucaSRC-DSC-C51603B4B4

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