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217 relations: Adaptation, Ailuropoda microta, American black bear, Androgen, Animal coat, Armand David, Artificial insemination, Asian black bear, Bamboo, Bamboo shoot, Basal (phylogenetics), Bear, Beijing, Black market, Camouflage, Canine coronavirus, Canine distemper, Canine parvovirus, Capric acid, Captivity (animal), Carnivora, Cattle, CBS News, Chang'an, Chapultepec Zoo, Chemical reaction, Chen Shui-bian, Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, Chi Chi (giant panda), China, Chinese Civil War, Chinese economic reform, Chinese Gold Panda, Chinese goral, Chinese leopard, Chinese unification, CITES, Civetone, Climate change, Clostridium perfringens, CNN, Coexistence theory, Common descent, Competition (biology), Complex-toothed flying squirrel, Conservation movement, Conservation-reliant species, Copulation (zoology), Crepuscular animal, Cross-strait relations, ... Expand index (167 more) »
- Ailuropodinae
- Clawed herbivores
- Giant pandas
- Herbivorous mammals
- Mammals described in 1869
- National symbols of China
- Species endangered by agricultural development
- Species endangered by logging
- Taxa named by Armand David
Adaptation
In biology, adaptation has three related meanings.
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Ailuropoda microta
Ailuropoda microta is the earliest known ancestor of the giant panda. Giant panda and Ailuropoda microta are giant pandas.
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American black bear
The American black bear (Ursus americanus), also known as the black bear, is a species of medium-sized bear endemic to North America.
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Androgen
An androgen (from Greek andr-, the stem of the word meaning "man") is any natural or synthetic steroid hormone that regulates the development and maintenance of male characteristics in vertebrates by binding to androgen receptors.
Animal coat
Coat is the nature and quality of a mammal's fur.
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Armand David
Armand David, CM (7 September 1826, Espelette – 10 November 1900, Paris) was a Lazarist missionary Catholic priest as well as a zoologist and a botanist.
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Artificial insemination
Artificial insemination is the deliberate introduction of sperm into a female's cervix or uterine cavity for the purpose of achieving a pregnancy through in vivo fertilization by means other than sexual intercourse.
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Asian black bear
The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus), also known as the Indian black bear, Asiatic black bear, moon bear and white-chested bear, is a medium-sized bear species native to Asia that is largely adapted to an arboreal lifestyle.
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Bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant panda and Bamboo are national symbols of China.
Bamboo shoot
Bamboo shoots or bamboo sprouts are the edible shoots (new bamboo culms that come out of the ground) of many bamboo species including Bambusa vulgaris and Phyllostachys edulis.
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Basal (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.
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Bear
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.
Beijing
Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.
Black market
A black market, underground economy, or shadow economy is a clandestine market or series of transactions that has some aspect of illegality or is not compliant with an institutional set of rules.
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Camouflage
Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else.
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Canine coronavirus
Canine coronavirus (CCoV) is an enveloped, positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus which is a member of the species Alphacoronavirus 1. It causes a highly contagious intestinal disease worldwide in dogs.
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Canine distemper
Canine distemper virus (CDV) (sometimes termed "footpad disease") is a viral disease that affects a wide variety of mammal families, including domestic and wild species of dogs, coyotes, foxes, pandas, wolves, ferrets, skunks, raccoons, and felines, as well as pinnipeds, some primates, and a variety of other species.
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Canine parvovirus
Canine parvovirus (also referred to as CPV, CPV2, or parvo) is a contagious virus mainly affecting dogs and wolves.
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Capric acid
Capric acid, also known as decanoic acid or decylic acid, is a saturated fatty acid, medium-chain fatty acid (MCFA), and carboxylic acid.
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Captivity (animal)
Animal captivity is the confinement of domestic and wild animals.
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Carnivora
Carnivora is an order of placental mammals that have specialized in primarily eating flesh, whose members are formally referred to as carnivorans.
Cattle
Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers. Giant panda and cattle are Herbivorous mammals.
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS.
Chang'an
Chang'an is the traditional name of Xi'an.
Chapultepec Zoo
Chapultepec Zoo (Spanish: Zoológico de Chapultepec) is a zoo located in Chapultepec Park; it is one of four zoos near Mexico City, and the best known Mexican zoo.
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Chemical reaction
A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another.
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Chen Shui-bian
Chen Shui-bian (born 12 October 1950) is a Taiwanese former politician and lawyer who served as the 5th president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) from 2000 to 2008.
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Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (or simply Chengdu Panda Base) is a public non-profit breeding and research institute for giant pandas, red pandas, and other rare animals, located in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. Giant panda and Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding are giant pandas.
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Chi Chi (giant panda)
Chi Chi (September 1954 – 22 July 1972) was a well-known female giant panda at London Zoo in England.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with armed conflict continuing intermittently from 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949, resulting in a communist victory and control of mainland China.
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Chinese economic reform
The Chinese economic reform or Chinese economic miracle, also known domestically as reform and opening-up, refers to a variety of economic reforms termed "socialism with Chinese characteristics" and "socialist market economy" in the People's Republic of China (PRC) that began in the late 20th century, after Mao Zedong's death in 1976.
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Chinese Gold Panda
The Chinese Gold Panda is a series of gold bullion coins issued by the People's Republic of China. Giant panda and Chinese Gold Panda are giant pandas.
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Chinese goral
The Chinese goral (Naemorhedus griseus), also known as the grey long-tailed goral or central Chinese goral, is a species of goral, a small goat-like ungulate, native to mountainous regions of Myanmar, China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, and possibly Laos. Giant panda and Chinese goral are mammals of China.
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Chinese leopard
The term “Chinese leopard” refers to any of the following three leopard (Panthera pardus) subspecies present over several regions within China.
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Chinese unification
Chinese unification, also known as Cross-Strait unification or Chinese reunification, is the potential unification of territories currently controlled, or claimed, by the People's Republic of China ("China" or "Mainland China") and the Republic of China ("Taiwan") under one political entity, possibly the formation of a political union between the two republics.
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CITES
CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade.
Civetone
Civetone is a macrocyclic ketone and the main odorous constituent of civet oil.
Climate change
In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.
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Clostridium perfringens
Clostridium perfringens (formerly known as C. welchii, or Bacillus welchii) is a Gram-positive, bacillus (rod-shaped), anaerobic, spore-forming pathogenic bacterium of the genus Clostridium.
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CNN
Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news channel and website operating from Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by the Manhattan-based media conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), CNN was the first television channel to provide 24-hour news coverage and the first all-news television channel in the United States.
Coexistence theory
Coexistence theory is a framework to understand how competitor traits can maintain species diversity and stave-off competitive exclusion even among similar species living in ecologically similar environments.
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Common descent
Common descent is a concept in evolutionary biology applicable when one species is the ancestor of two or more species later in time.
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Competition (biology)
Competition is an interaction between organisms or species in which both require a resource that is in limited supply (such as food, water, or territory).
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Complex-toothed flying squirrel
The complex-toothed flying squirrel (Trogopterus xanthipes) occurs in the southern Chinese provinces Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Yunnan. Giant panda and complex-toothed flying squirrel are endemic fauna of China.
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Conservation movement
The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental, and social movement that seeks to manage and protect natural resources, including animal, fungus, and plant species as well as their habitat for the future.
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Conservation-reliant species
Conservation-reliant species are animal or plant species that require continuing species-specific wildlife management intervention such as predator control, habitat management and parasite control to survive, even when a self-sustainable recovery in population is achieved.
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Copulation (zoology)
In zoology, copulation is animal sexual behavior in which a male introduces sperm into the female's body, especially directly into her reproductive tract.
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Crepuscular animal
In zoology, a crepuscular animal is one that is active primarily during the twilight period, being matutinal, vespertine/vespertinal, or both.
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Cross-strait relations
Cross-strait relations (sometimes called Mainland–Taiwan relations, China–Taiwan relations or Taiwan–China relations) are the political and economic relations between mainland China (officially the People's Republic of China or PRC) and Taiwan (officially the Republic of China or ROC) across the Taiwan Strait.
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Cyanide
In chemistry, cyanide is a chemical compound that contains a functional group.
Daxiangling
Daxiangling, or Daxiang Range is a fairly small mountain range in China's Sichuan Province.
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Deforestation
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use.
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Diet (nutrition)
In nutrition, diet is the sum of food consumed by a person or other organism.
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Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel, known as The Discovery Channel from 1985 to 1995, and often referred to as simply Discovery, is an American cable channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav.
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Disruptive coloration
Disruptive coloration (also known as disruptive camouflage or disruptive patterning) is a form of camouflage that works by breaking up the outlines of an animal, soldier or military hardware with a strongly contrasting pattern.
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DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.
Durophagy
Durophagy is the eating behavior of animals that consume hard-shelled or exoskeleton-bearing organisms, such as corals, shelled mollusks, or crabs.
Earthwatch Institute
Earthwatch Institute is an international environmental charity.
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Ecological niche
In ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition.
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Emperor Taizong of Tang
Emperor Taizong of Tang (28January 59810July 649), previously Prince of Qin, personal name Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, ruling from 626 to 649.
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Empress Dowager Bo
Empress Dowager Bo (薄太后), personal name lost into history, was an imperial concubine of Emperor Gaozu of Han (Liu Bang).
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Endemism
Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
Ensembl genome database project
Ensembl genome database project is a scientific project at the European Bioinformatics Institute, which provides a centralized resource for geneticists, molecular biologists and other researchers studying the genomes of our own species and other vertebrates and model organisms.
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Erya
The Erya or Erh-ya is the first surviving Chinese dictionary.
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coliWells, J. C. (2000) Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.
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Estrous cycle
The estrous cycle (originally) is a set of recurring physiological changes induced by reproductive hormones in females of mammalian subclass Theria.
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Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.
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Fargesia dracocephala
Fargesia dracocephala is a woody bamboo native to central China.
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Fargesia rufa
Fargesia rufa is a woody bamboo native to western China.
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Feces
Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.
Frameshift mutation
A frameshift mutation (also called a framing error or a reading frame shift) is a genetic mutation caused by indels (insertions or deletions) of a number of nucleotides in a DNA sequence that is not divisible by three.
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Fuwa
The Fuwa (literally "good-luck dolls", also known as "Friendlies") were the mascots of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Gansu
Gansu is an inland province in Northwestern China.
Gestation
Gestation is the period of development during the carrying of an embryo, and later fetus, inside viviparous animals (the embryo develops within the parent).
Giant panda
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), also known as the panda bear or simply panda, is a bear species endemic to China. Giant panda and giant panda are Ailuropodinae, Clawed herbivores, EDGE species, endemic fauna of China, giant pandas, Herbivorous mammals, mammals described in 1869, mammals of China, national symbols of China, species endangered by agricultural development, species endangered by logging, taxa named by Armand David, vulnerable animals and vulnerable fauna of Asia.
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Giant Panda National Park
Giant Panda National Park is a national park of China. Giant panda and Giant Panda National Park are giant pandas.
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Giant pandas around the world
As of 2019, there are 27 zoos in 22 countries and area(s) outside of mainland China, (Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Qatar, Scotland, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United States) that have giant pandas. Giant panda and giant pandas around the world are giant pandas.
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Globe Pequot Press
Globe Pequot is a book publisher and distributor of outdoor recreation and leisure titles that publishes 500 new titles.
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Glutamic acid
Glutamic acid (symbol Glu or E; the anionic form is known as glutamate) is an α-amino acid that is used by almost all living beings in the biosynthesis of proteins.
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Golden snub-nosed monkey
The golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) is an Old World monkey in the subfamily Colobinae. Giant panda and golden snub-nosed monkey are endemic fauna of China and mammals of China.
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Habitat destruction
Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species.
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Habitat fragmentation
Habitat fragmentation describes the emergence of discontinuities (fragmentation) in an organism's preferred environment (habitat), causing population fragmentation and ecosystem decay.
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Han dynasty
The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu.
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Hemicellulose
A hemicellulose (also known as polyose) is one of a number of heteropolymers (matrix polysaccharides), such as arabinoxylans, present along with cellulose in almost all terrestrial plant cell walls.
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Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.
Hibernation
Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species.
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History of China
The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area.
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Human
Humans (Homo sapiens, meaning "thinking man") or modern humans are the most common and widespread species of primate, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo.
Infectious canine hepatitis
Infectious canine hepatitis (ICH) is an acute liver infection in dogs caused by Canine mastadenovirus A, formerly called Canine adenovirus 1 (CAV-1).
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Interspecific competition
Interspecific competition, in ecology, is a form of competition in which individuals of different species compete for the same resources in an ecosystem (e.g. food or living space).
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Interspecific pregnancy
Interspecific pregnancy (literally pregnancy between species, also called interspecies pregnancy or xenopregnancy)Page 126 in: is the pregnancy involving an embryo or fetus belonging to another species than the carrier.
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Intracellular parasite
Intracellular parasites are microparasites that are capable of growing and reproducing inside the cells of a host.
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IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.
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Journal of Mammalogy
The Journal of Mammalogy is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Society of Mammalogists.
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Kaifeng
Kaifeng is a prefecture-level city in east-central Henan province, China.
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Klebsiella pneumoniae is a Gram-negative, non-motile, encapsulated, lactose-fermenting, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium.
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Lawsuit
A lawsuit is a proceeding by one or more parties (the plaintiff or claimant) against one or more parties (the defendant) in a civil court of law.
Leopard
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera.
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture is an autonomous prefecture occupying much of the southern extremity of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China.
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Lignin
Lignin is a class of complex organic polymers that form key structural materials in the support tissues of most plants.
Liquid nitrogen
Liquid nitrogen (LN2) is nitrogen in a liquid state at low temperature.
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List of endangered and protected species of China
The endangered species of China may include any wildlife species designated for protection by the national government of China or listed as endangered by international organizations such as the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
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List of giant pandas
This is a partial list of giant pandas, both alive and deceased. Giant panda and list of giant pandas are giant pandas.
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London Zoo
London Zoo, previously known as ZSL London Zoo or London Zoological Gardens and sometimes called Regent's Park Zoo, is the world's oldest scientific zoo.
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Ma Ying-jeou
Ma Ying-jeou (t; born 13 July 1950) is a Taiwanese politician who served as the 6th president of the Republic of China from 2008 to 2016.
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Mating
In biology, mating is the pairing of either opposite-sex or hermaphroditic organisms for the purposes of sexual reproduction.
Memphis Zoo
The Memphis Zoo is a zoo in Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee, United States.
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
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Menstruation
Menstruation (also known as a period, among other colloquial terms) is the regular discharge of blood and mucosal tissue from the inner lining of the uterus through the vagina.
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Mexico City
Mexico City (Ciudad de México,; abbr.: CDMX; Central Nahuatl:,; Otomi) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America.
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Microbiome
A microbiome is the community of microorganisms that can usually be found living together in any given habitat.
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Min Mountains
Min Mountains or Minshan are a mountain range in central China.
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Mo (Chinese zoology)
Mo (貘) was the Chinese name for the giant panda from the 3rd century BCE to the 19th century CE. Giant panda and Mo (Chinese zoology) are giant pandas.
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Molar (tooth)
The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth.
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Mutation
In biology, a mutation is an alteration in the nucleic acid sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA.
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.
National Forestry and Grassland Administration
The National Forestry and Grassland Administration, concurrently known as the National Park Administration, is China's national bureau responsible for the supervision and management of forests, grasslands, wetlands, deserts, and terrestrial wildlife.
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National Geographic
National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.
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National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world.
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National Museum of Natural History
The National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is a natural history museum administered by the Smithsonian Institution, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States.
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National symbol
A national symbol is a manifestation of a nation or community to the world, serving as a representation of their identity and values.
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NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
Nepali language
Nepali is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia.
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Newsweek
Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.
Newton (unit)
The newton (symbol: N) is the unit of force in the International System of Units (SI).
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Ocean Park Hong Kong
Ocean Park Hong Kong, commonly known simply as Ocean Park, is an animal theme park in Hong Kong.
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Old-growth forest
An old-growth forest (also referred to as primary forest) is a forest that has developed over a long period of time without disturbance.
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Olfactic communication
Olfactic communication is a channel of nonverbal communication referring to the various ways people and animals communicate and engage in social interaction through their sense of smell.
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Panda pornography
Panda pornography (or panda porn) refers generally to movies depicting mating pandas, intended to promote sexual arousal in captive giant pandas. Giant panda and panda pornography are giant pandas.
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Panda tea
Panda tea (Chinese: 熊猫茶), or panda dung tea, produced in the Ya’an mountainous region of Sichuan, China, is a type of tea fertilized by the dung of pandas.
Paw
A paw is the soft foot-like part of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws.
Pheromone
A pheromone is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species.
Pixiu
Pixiu (貔貅|p.
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene (often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.
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Population genetics
Population genetics is a subfield of genetics that deals with genetic differences within and among populations, and is a part of evolutionary biology.
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Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Proteus mirabilis
Proteus mirabilis is a Gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium.
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Protozoa
Protozoa (protozoan or protozoon; alternative plural: protozoans) are a polyphyletic group of single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, that feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic debris.
Pseudogene
Pseudogenes are nonfunctional segments of DNA that resemble functional genes.
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Qilin
The qilin is a legendary hooved chimerical creature that appears in Chinese mythology, and is said to appear with the imminent arrival or passing of a sage or illustrious ruler.
Qin dynasty
The Qin dynasty was the first dynasty of Imperial China.
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Qinling
The Qinling or Qin Mountains, formerly known as the Nanshan ("Southern Mountains"), are a major east–west mountain range in southern Shaanxi Province, China.
Qinling panda
The Qinling panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis), also known as the brown panda, is a subspecies of the giant panda, discovered in 1959, but not recognized as a subspecies until 2005. Giant panda and qinling panda are giant pandas and mammals of China.
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Qionglai Mountains
Qionglai Mountains is a mountain range in the Sichuan Province of China.
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Raccoon
The raccoon (or, Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon and sometimes called the common raccoon or northern raccoon to distinguish it from the other species, is a mammal native to North America.
Red panda
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. Giant panda and red panda are Clawed herbivores, EDGE species and mammals of China.
Rotavirus
Rotaviruses are the most common cause of diarrhoeal disease among infants and young children.
Russell Ciochon
Russell Ciochon (born March 11, 1948) is an American paleoanthropologist.
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Saliva
Saliva (commonly referred to as spit or drool) is an extracellular fluid produced and secreted by salivary glands in the mouth.
Scent rubbing
Scent rubbing is a behavior where a mammal rubs its body against an object in their environment, sometimes in ones covered with strongly odored substances.
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Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931.
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Secondary forest
A secondary forest (or second-growth forest) is a forest or woodland area which has regenerated through largely natural processes after human-caused disturbances, such as timber harvest or agriculture clearing, or equivalently disruptive natural phenomena.
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Sesamoid bone
In anatomy, a sesamoid bone is a bone embedded within a tendon or a muscle.
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Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction.
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Shaanxi
Shaanxi is an inland province in Northwestern China.
Shandong
Shandong is a coastal province in East China.
Shoulder
The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons.
Shu (kingdom)
Shu (s; Pinyin: Shǔ; former romanization: Shuh), also known as Ancient Shu (s) in historiography, was an ancient kingdom in what is now Sichuan Province.
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Shuowen Jiezi
The Shuowen Jiezi is a Chinese dictionary compiled by Xu Shen, during the Eastern Han dynasty (25–206 CE).
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Siberian tiger
The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is a population of the tiger subspecies Panthera tigris tigris native to the Russian Far East, Northeast China and possibly North Korea. Giant panda and Siberian tiger are mammals of China.
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Sichuan
Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north and the Yungui Plateau to the south.
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries located in southwest Sichuan province of China, is the home to more than 30% of the world's giant pandas and is among the most important sites for the captive breeding of these pandas.
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Sildenafil
Sildenafil, sold under the brand name Viagra, among others, is a medication used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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Sima Xiangru
Sima Xiangru (c. 179117BC) was a Chinese musician, poet, and politician who lived during the Western Han dynasty.
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Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster LLC is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
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Sloth bear
The sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), also known as the Indian bear, is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent.
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Snow leopard
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), occasionally called ounce, is a species of large cat in the genus Panthera of the family Felidae. Giant panda and snow leopard are vulnerable animals.
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Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.
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Spatial memory
In cognitive psychology and neuroscience, spatial memory is a form of memory responsible for the recording and recovery of information needed to plan a course to a location and to recall the location of an object or the occurrence of an event.
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Spectacled bear
The spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also known as the South American bear, Andean bear, Andean short-faced bear or mountain bear and locally as jukumari (Aymara and Quechua), ukumari (Quechua) or ukuku, is a species of bear native to the Andes Mountains in northern and western South America.
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Starch
Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds.
Subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.
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Sun bear
The sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a species in the family Ursidae (the only species in the genus Helarctos) occurring in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
Sympatry
In biology, two related species or populations are considered sympatric when they exist in the same geographic area and thus frequently encounter one another.
Tainan
Tainan, officially Tainan City, is a special municipality in southern Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait on its western coast.
Tainan fake panda incident
The Tainan fake panda incident refers to an incident at a private zoo in Tainan, Taiwan, where a sun bear was painted black and white and falsely presented to visitors as a giant panda.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
Takin
The takin (Budorcas taxicolor), also called cattle chamois or gnu goat, is a large species of ungulate of the subfamily Caprinae found in the eastern Himalayas.
TAS1R1
Taste receptor type 1 member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS1R1 gene.
TAS1R3
Taste receptor type 1 member 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS1R3 gene.
Taxonomy (biology)
In biology, taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.
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Temporal fossa
The temporal fossa is a fossa (shallow depression) on the side of the skull bounded by the temporal lines above, and the zygomatic arch below.
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Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g. cats, chickens, ants, spiders), as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water (e.g. fish, lobsters, octopuses), and semiaquatic animals, which rely on both aquatic and terrestrial habitats (e.g.
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Territory (animal)
In ethology, territory is the sociographical area that an animal consistently defends against conspecific competition (or, occasionally, against animals of other species) using agonistic behaviors or (less commonly) real physical aggression.
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Testosterone
Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and androgen in males.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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Thumb
The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger.
Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau, also known as Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and Qing–Zang Plateau, is a vast elevated plateau located at the intersection of Central, South, and East Asia covering most of the Tibet Autonomous Region, most of Qinghai, western half of Sichuan, Southern Gansu provinces in Western China, southern Xinjiang, Bhutan, the Indian regions of Ladakh and Lahaul and Spiti (Himachal Pradesh) as well as Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan, northwestern Nepal, eastern Tajikistan and southern Kyrgyzstan.
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Toxoplasma gondii
Toxoplasma gondii is a parasitic protozoan (specifically an apicomplexan) that causes toxoplasmosis.
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Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii, an apicomplexan.
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Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan
Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan were two giant pandas that were gifted by the People's Republic of China (PRC, mainland China) to the Republic of China (ROC, Taiwan) in 2008 as part of a cultural exchange program.
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Umami
Umami (from 旨味), or savoriness, is one of the five basic tastes.
Umbrella species
Umbrella species are species selected for making conservation-related decisions, typically because protecting these species indirectly protects the many other species that make up the ecological community of its habitat (the umbrella effect).
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior which oversees the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats in the United States.
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University of Washington Press
The University of Washington Press is an American academic publishing house.
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Ursinae
Ursinae is a subfamily of Ursidae (bears) named by Swainson (1835).
Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.
Visual memory
Visual memory describes the relationship between perceptual processing and the encoding, storage and retrieval of the resulting neural representations.
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Vulnerable species
A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.
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WarnerMedia
Warner Media, LLC (doing business as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate owned by AT&T.
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Weigl Educational Publishers Limited
Weigl Educational Publishers Limited is a publishing house in Canada, one of the country's largest.
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Wild boar
The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania.
Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted for protection of plants and animal species.
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Wildlife of China
China's vast and diverse landscape is home to a profound variety and abundance of wildlife.
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Wolong National Nature Reserve
Wolong National Nature Reserve (from Chinese), officially known as Wolong Special Administrative Region, is a national protected area located in Wenchuan County in China.
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World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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World Wide Fund for Nature
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.
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Xi'an
Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province.
Xiaoxiang Range
The Xiaoxiang Range (Zzip Vo Liex Jie) is a mountain range in Sichuan Province, China.
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Xin Xin (giant panda)
Xin Xin is a female giant panda that lives in the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City.
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Yellow-throated marten
The yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula) is a marten species native to the Himalayas, Southeast and East Asia. Giant panda and yellow-throated marten are mammals of China.
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is a national park located in the western United States, largely in the northwest corner of Wyoming and extending into Montana and Idaho.
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Yongle Emperor
The Yongle Emperor (2 May 136012 August 1424), personal name Zhu Di, was the third emperor of the Ming dynasty, reigning from 1402 to 1424.
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Zouyu
Zouyu, also called zouwu (騶吾) or zouya (騶牙), is a legendary creature mentioned in old Chinese literature.
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and officially branded as Beijing 2008, were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China.
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See also
Ailuropodinae
- Agriarctos
- Agriarctos nikolovi
- Agriotheriini
- Agriotherium
- Ailurarctos
- Ailuropoda
- Ailuropodinae
- Giant panda
- Giant pandas
- Huracan (mammal)
- Indarctos
- Kretzoiarctos
- Miomaci
Clawed herbivores
- Agriochoerus
- Chalicotheres
- Chalicotheriidae
- Deinocheirus
- Diprotodontidae
- Giant panda
- Gresslyosaurus
- Ground sloth
- Homalodotherium
- Kangaroo
- Koala
- Ornithomimosauria
- Palorchestidae
- Plateosaurus
- Procoptodon
- Red panda
- Sloth
- Taeniodonta
- Therizinosauria
- Therizinosaurs
- Tillodontia
- Titanoides
Giant pandas
- Ailuropoda baconi
- Ailuropoda microta
- Bifengxia Panda Base
- Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
- Chinese Gold Panda
- Chinese Platinum Panda
- Chinese Silver Panda
- Giant Panda National Park
- Giant panda
- Giant pandas around the world
- Lü Zhi (conservationist)
- List of giant pandas
- Macao Giant Panda Pavilion
- Mo (Chinese zoology)
- Pan Wenshi
- Panda diplomacy
- Panda pornography
- Qinling panda
Herbivorous mammals
- African buffalo
- African bush elephant
- African forest elephant
- Asian elephant
- Bubalus
- Capybara
- Cattle
- Chalicotheres
- Chinkara
- Colobinae
- Elephant
- Elk
- Gemsbok
- Giant panda
- Giraffe
- Goat
- Gorilla
- Hippopotamus
- Horse
- Howler monkeys
- Isilo (elephant)
- Kiang
- Koala
- Megabats
- Megaherbivore
- Nubian giraffe
- Nubian wild ass
- Nutria
- Okapi
- Pronghorn
- Pronghorns
- Pseudoruminant
- Rabbit
- Rhinoceros
- Ruminants
- Sable antelope
- Sheep
- Somali wild ass
- Wildebeest
- Zebra
Mammals described in 1869
- Botta's serotine
- David's myotis
- Giant panda
- Grandidier's free-tailed bat
- Hairy big-eared bat
- Lesser ghost bat
- Lesser kudu
- Mainland serow
- Malagasy giant rat
- Mendoza tuco-tuco
- Palm rat
- Rickett's big-footed bat
- Vanikoro flying fox
- Western hartebeest
National symbols of China
- Bamboo
- Blue Sky with a White Sun
- Chinese dragon
- Cup of Solid Gold
- Giant panda
- Great Wall of China
- Heirloom Seal of the Realm
- Historical Chinese anthems
- List of Chinese flags
- Mao suit
- National symbols of China
- National symbols of Taiwan
- Praise the Dragon Flag
- Tune of Li Zhongtang
- Twelve Symbols national emblem
Species endangered by agricultural development
- Bog turtle
- Bornean rhinoceros
- Dwarf pufferfish
- Giant panda
- Goliath frog
- Hermann's tortoise
- Indian star tortoise
- Kleinmann's tortoise
- Lygodactylus williamsi
- Ocelot
- Platypelis tsaratananaensis
- Réunion Island ornate day gecko
- Tana River red colobus
- Tiger
- White-necked crow
Species endangered by logging
- Aeranthes albidiflora
- Black crested gibbon
- Bornean white-bearded gibbon
- Ceratocentron
- Giant panda
- Goliath frog
- Imperial woodpecker
- Indri
- Lar gibbon
- Pennant's colobus
- Pinus wangii
- Red-vented cockatoo
- Renanthera caloptera
- Rondo dwarf galago
- Tiger
Taxa named by Armand David
- Amolops mantzorum
- Chinese fire belly newt
- Giant panda
- Quasipaa spinosa
- Rana chensinensis
- Spelaeornis
- Zhangixalus dugritei
References
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