Pandas are initially from China; its scientific name is “Ailuropoda melanoleuca,” its taxonomic family is the Ailuridae, and its genus is “Ailuropoda.” The Giant Panda lives in mountainous regions of the Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. Pandas are on an endangered list mainly due to their habitat loss; these are the main reasons pandas are losing their natural habitat.

Pandas have all black eyes with no white part. They have dark circles around their eyes, which resemble an older man wearing spectacles. Pandas are plant eaters and will eat over 40 different species of bamboo plants; they only eat about 26-38 pounds of bamboo a day. They don’t eat other types of food like insects and small rodents; they live off of this because it’s an easy and reliable source to keep them alive.

They are typically shy and passive animals, and pandas are solitary animals. Pandas will roll around in the dirt to make their furs visible because they don’t want other animals to see them. When pandas mate, the female is only fertile for about 2 days. Once they have mated, it takes around 5 months for a baby panda to develop inside its mother fully.

Although pandas are solitary animals, they have a social order of sorts; females are usually more dominant than males. The female will mark her territory with urine or droppings. Also, she marks it with scratch marks on trees. Pandas communicate by making different sounds like growls and moans to show their anger or displeasure for another panda. Pandas have excellent hearing, which helps them avoid danger and predators; pandas don’t have perfect eyesight because their eyes are small.

Pandas use a combination of touch, smell, and hearing for communication. They have been national icons in China, and the giant panda has been a symbol of friendship between China and other countries. Giant pandas are famous in zoos worldwide because they are sporadic and hard to come by. Pandas can live up to 20 years, and there are no documented cases of them living past this age due to their struggle with extinction.