Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleauca)
- Up to 350 pounds (159 kg)
- 4 to 6 feet (1.2-1.8 meters) in length
- Chinese name is "xiangmao" or "giant cat bear" as their pupils are catlike vertical slits. All other bears posses round pupils
- Possibly the most endangered bear in the world
- Equipped with a sixth digit that works like an opposable thumb
- Must consume up to 45 pounds (20 kg) of bamboo shoots a day to survive
- Exist in only 6 small regions along the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau
- Do not hibernate or roar
- Home range is very small, sometimes no more than 1.5 to 2.5 square miles (3.9-6.5 square kilometers)
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