Giant Panda

Description:

Giant pandas are black and white bears that live in bamboo forests in central China. This panda was photographed at the Washington DC National Zoo The Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian are at the National Zoo under a Giant Panda Cooperative Research and Breeding Agreement. This extends the Zoo’s giant panda program through 2015. Mei and Tian are the focus of a conservation, and breeding program designed to preserve this endangered species.

Habitat:

Mountain forest in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces in China The provincial governments of Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, working closely with WWF, have been creating new nature reserves and extending existing reserves.