List of giant pandas

List of famous giant pandas

Famous giant pandas alive today

Names Birth date Relationships Current Location Image
Bai Yun (F) September 7, 1991 Mother of Hua Mei, Mei Sheng, Su Lin,
Zhen Zhen, Yun Zi, and Xiao Liwu
San Diego Zoo
Bao Bao (F) August 23, 2013 Mei Xiang (mother) Tian Tian (father) Tai Shan and Bei Bei (Brothers) Wolong National Nature Reserve
Bei Bei (M) August 22, 2015 Mei Xiang (mother) Tian Tian (Father) Bao Bao (sister) Tai Shan (brother) National Zoo
Chuang Chuang (M) August 6, 2000 Bai Xue (mother) and Xin Xing (father) Chiang Mai Zoo
Da Mao (M) September 1, 2008 Calgary Zoo
Er Shun (F) August 10, 2007 Jia Panpan (son) and Jia Yueyue (daughter) Calgary Zoo
Gao Gao (M) 1990 +/- 2 years (according to studbook) Bai Yun (mate); father of Mei Sheng, Su Lin, Zhen Zhen, Yun Zi, and Xiao Liwu San Diego Zoo
Gu Gu (M) September 25, 1999 none Beijing Zoo
Hua Mei (F) August 21, 1999 Bai Yun (mother) and Shi Shi (father) Bifengxia Panda Base
Jia Panpan (M) October 13, 2015 Er Shun (mother), and Jia Yueyue (sister) Calgary Zoo
Jia Yueyue (F) October 13, 2015 Er Shun (mother), and Jia Panpan (brother) Calgary Zoo
Lin Bing (F) May 27, 2009 Lin Hui (mother) and Chuang Chuang (father) Wolong National Nature Reserve
Lin Hui (F) September 28, 2001 Tang Tang (mother) and Pan Pan (father) Chiang Mai Zoo
Lun Lun (F) August 25, 1997 Yang Yang (mate), and Mei Lan, Xi Lan, and Po (sons) Zoo Atlanta
Mei Lan (M) September 6, 2006 son of Lun Lun (mother) and Yang Yang (father) Chengdu Panda Base
Mei Sheng (M) August 3, 2003 Bai Yun (mother) and Gao Gao (father) Bifengxia Panda Base
Mei Xiang (F) July 22, 1998 mother of Tai Shan, Bao Bao and Bei Bei. National Zoo in Washington D.C.
Po (F)[1] November 3, 2010 son of Lun Lun (mother) and Yang Yang (father) Chengdu Panda Base
Su Lin (F) August 2, 2005 Bai Yun (mother) and Gao Gao (father) Bifengxia Panda Base
Tai Shan (M) July 9, 2005 son of Mei Xiang (mother) and Tian Tian (father); brother of Bao Bao and Bei Bei Bifengxia Panda Base
Tian Tian (M) August 27, 1997 Yong Ba (mother) and Pan Pan (father) Children: Tai Shan, Bao Bao, Bei Bei National Zoo in Washington D.C.
Tian Tian (F)[2] August 24, 2003 none Edinburgh Zoo
Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan (M) and (F) Tuan Tuan September 1, 2004
Yuan Yuan August 31, 2004
Tuan Tuan is son of Hua Mei Taipei Zoo
Wang Wang (M) August 31, 2005 none Adelaide Zoo
Xi Lan (M) August 30, 2008 Lun Lun (mother) and Yang Yang (father) Chengdu Panda Base
Xin Xin (F) July 1, 1990 Her mother is Tohui (she died 16 November 1993)
Her father Chia Chia is from the London Zoo (died in Mexico on October 13, 1991)
Chapultepec Zoo
Xiao Liwu (M) July 29, 2012 Bai Yun (mother) and Gao Gao (father) San Diego Zoo
Yang Yang (M) September 9, 1997 Lun Lun (mate), and Mei Lan, Xi Lan, and Po (sons) Zoo Atlanta
Yang Guang (M)[2] August 14, 2003 none Edinburgh Zoo
Yuan Zai (F)[3] July 6, 2013 Yuan Yuan (mother) and Tuan Tuan (father) Taipei Zoo
Yun Zi (M) August 5, 2009 Bai Yun (mother) and Gao Gao (father) Duijiangyang Panda Base
Zhen Zhen (F) August 3, 2007 Bai Yun (mother) and Gao Gao (father) Bifengxia Panda Base

Deceased famous giant pandas

Names Birth date Death date Relationships Location Image
Basi (F) 1980 September 13, 2017 captured Fuzhou Zoo
Chi Chi (F) 1957 July 22, 1972 captured London Zoo
Chu-Lin (M) September 4, 1982 April 29, 1996 Shao-Shao (mother) and Chang-Chang (father) Madrid Zoo
Ling Ling (M) September 5, 1985 April 30, 2008 Tong Tong (mate, died in 2000) Ueno Zoo
Ling-Ling and Hsing-

Hsing (F) and (M)

Ling-Ling: 1969
Hsing-Hsing: 1970
Ling-Ling: December 30, 1992
Hsing-Hsing: November 28, 1999
both captured, both like each other National Zoo in Washington D.C.
Ming Ming (F) 1977 May 7, 2011 none Xiangjiang Wild Animal World
Shi Shi (M) 1970s July 5, 2008 rescued in Sichuan San Diego Zoo, Guangzhou Zoo
Su Lin (M) 1930s 1938 captured Field Museum of Natural History
Tao Tao (F) 1972 April 2, 2008 none Jinan Zoo
Tohui (F) July 21, 1981 October 16, 1993 Chia Chia (mate), Ying Ying (mother), Pe Pe (father), and Xin Xin (daughter) Chapultepec Zoo
Xiang Xiang (M) August 25, 2001 February 19, 2007 none Wolong National Nature Reserve

In zoos

Asia

China
Tai Shan in June 2007

Many zoos and breeding centers in China house giant pandas. These include:

Other places in Asia

Australia

  • Adelaide Zoo, is home to Wang Wang (M) and Funi (F). They arrived on 28 November 2009, and went on display on 14 December. They are expected to stay for a minimum of 10 years, and are the only giant pandas living in the Southern Hemisphere.[24]

Europe

Long Hui at Vienna Zoo
  • Berlin Zoological Garden, Germany is the former home of Bao Bao, which died in 2012 at the age of 34.[25][26] He was the oldest male panda living in captivity at the time of his death and had lived in Berlin for twenty five years. He never reproduced.
  • Tiergarten Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria – home to Yang Yang (F) and Long Hui (M), born in Wolong, China in 2000 They gave birth to Fu Long (M) in 2007,[27] Fu Hu (M) in 2010[28] and Fu Bao (M) in 2013. Fu Long, who has been relocated to China, was the first to be born in Europe in 25 years.[27] On the 7. August 2016 twins were born: Fu Feng and Fu Ban.[29]
  • Zoo Aquarium, Madrid, Spain is the home of Bing Xing (M) and Hua Zuiba (F) since 2007. They gave birth to twin cubs on 7 September 2010.[30] Another cub, Xing Bao (F), was born in 2013 and in September 2016 Chulina (F).[31] The zoo was also the site of the first giant panda birth in Europe, Chulin (M) in 1982 whose parents, Shao Shao (F) and Chang Chang (M), arrived in 1978. Chulin (M, 1982) was the first panda to be born in captivity in the western hemisphere and by artificial insemination outside China[32][32][33]
  • The Edinburgh Zoo, Scotland – home to Tian Tian (F) and Yang Guang (M) since 4 December 2011.[34]
  • ZooParc de Beauval, Saint-Aignan, Loir-et-Cher, France – home to Huan Huan (F) and Yuan Zi (M) since 15 January 2012.[35]
  • Pairi Daiza, Cambron-Casteau, Belgium – home to Hao Hao (F) and Xing Hui (M) since February 2014; New born baby on 1 June 2016.[36]
  • Ouwehands Dierenpark, Rhenen, the Netherlands - home to Xing Ya (M) and Wu Wen (F) since April 2017.[37]
  • Ähtäri Zoo, Ähtäri, Finland - home to Lumi (Jin BaoBao) and Pyry (Hua Bao) since January 2018. [38]

North America

Bai Yun, at San Diego Zoo, has given birth to 6 cubs in captivity and is considered one of the most successfully reproductive captive pandas.

North American-born pandas

Yun Zi, second son to Bai Yun
Xiao Liwu, third son to Bai Yun
  • Tohui (Tarahumara word for child), born 21 July 1981, died 16 November 1993, a female at Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico City, was the first giant panda to be born and survive in captivity outside China. Her parents were Ying Ying and Pe Pe.[57]
  • Hua Mei, was born 1999 in the San Diego Zoo and sent to China in 2004.[41]
  • Mei Sheng, born 2003 at the San Diego Zoo, sent to China 2007.[41]
  • Tai Shan, born 9 July 2005 at the National Zoo in Washington, DC,[58] was sent to China in 2010.
  • Su Lin was born 2 August 2005 at the San Diego Zoo and moved to China in 2010.[41]
  • Mei Lan, born 6 September 2006 at Zoo Atlanta, was sent to China in 2010.
  • Zhen Zhen, born 3 August 2007 at the San Diego Zoo, was moved to China in 2010.[41]
  • Xi Lan, born 30 August 2008 at Zoo Atlanta, was moved to China in 2014.[49]
  • Yun Zi, born 5 August 2009 at the San Diego Zoo, was moved to China in 2014.[41]
  • Po, born 3 November 2010 at Zoo Atlanta[49]
  • Xiao Liwu, born 29 July 2012 at the San Diego Zoo[41]
  • Bao Bao, born 23 August 2013 at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, moved to China on 21 February 2017.[59][46][47]
  • Bei Bei and an unnamed twin were born 22 August 2015 to Mei Xiang at the National Zoo in Washington, DC.[60] The smaller of the two cubs died on 26 August 2015.[43]
  • Twins Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue, born 13 October 2015 to Er Shun at the Toronto Zoo. The father is to be determined, but likely Da Mao.[61]
  • Mei Lun and Mei Huan[62]

See also

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