ᔭᐃᔭᓐ ᐹᓐᑕ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᒃ ᐹᓐᑕ ᓯᒥᑦᓴᓐᒥ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓄᑦ ᒥᕐᖑᐃᖅᓯᕕᖕᒥ ᐅᐊᓯᖕᑕᓐ, D.C. Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification ᑭᖕᑕᒻ: Animalia Phylum: Chordata ᖁᑦᓯᓐᓂᖓ: Mammalia ᑎᓕᓯᔾᔪᑦ: Carnivora ᐃᓚᒌᑦ: Ursidae Genus: Ailuropoda Binomial name Ailuropoda melanoleuca (ᑕᐃᕕᑎ, 1869) ᔭᐃᔭᓐ ᐹᓐᑕ ᓇᓃᓐᓂᖓ
Giant panda A giant panda at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ursidae Genus: Ailuropoda Binomial name Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David, 1869) Giant panda range


ᓂᖀᑦ ᐃᒪᕐᓗ
Food and water

ᐹᒻᐳ ᓂᕆᓪᓗᐊᑕᖅᐸᒃᐳᖅ ᐹᓐᑕᒥᑦ.
Bamboo is the main diet of panda .

99%-ᖏᑦ ᓂᕆᕙᑦᑕᖏᑦ ᐹᒻᐳ. ᓂᕆᕙᒃᐳᑦ 40 ᐸᐅᓐᔅ−ᓂᒃ (18 ᑭᓗᒍᕌᒻ) ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ.
Ninety-nine percent of the food they eat is bamboo. They eat as much as 40 pounds (18 kg) of bamboo every day.

10-ᒥᑦ 16-ᓄᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᑕᒫᑦ ᓂᕿᖅᓯᐅᖅᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᓂᕆᕙᒃᖢᑎᒡᓗ.[1]
They spend 10 to 16 hours every day looking for food and eating it.[1]

ᐹᒻᐳ ᐃᕕᒃᓱᒐᐅᕗᖅ. ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᐃᑦ ᐹᓴᔅ ᓂᕆᕙᒃᐳᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᕕᒃᓱᒐᕐᓂᒃ. ᓂᕆᕙᒃᑭᕗᑦ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᕋᓛᓂᒃ ᐅᒥᖕᒪᖕᓂᒡᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓄᑕᕋᓛᓂᒃ (ᓱᒃᑲᓕᓗᐊᖅᑐᓂᒃ).
Bamboo is a grass. Sometimes giant pandas eat other grasses.

Zoos-ᒥ, ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᐃᑦ ᐹᒻᐳ, ᓯᐅᕋᐅᔮᖅᑐᖅ ᖃᑦᑖᕐᔪᓛᑦ, ᐱᕈᖅᑐᕕᓃᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᓰᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ.[1]
They also eat little rodents or musk deer babies (fawns).[3] In zoos, giant pandas eat bamboo, sugar cane, vegetables, and fruit.[2]

ᔭᐃᔭᓐ ᐹᓐᔅ ᐃᒪᖅᑖᕐᔪᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᐹᒻᐳᒥᑦ ᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖏᓐᓂᑦ. ᐃᒪᖃᒃᑲᓐᓂᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑕ. ᐃᒥᖅᐸᒃᐳᑦ ᐃᒪᑦᑎᐊᕙᖕᒥᑦ ᑰᖕᓂᓪᓗ ᖃᖅᑲᒥᑦ. ᐊᐅᒃᐸᓪᓕᐊᔪᖅ ᐊᐳᑦ ᖃᖅᑲᒥ ᑰᖕᓄᐊᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᑰᖕᓄᓪᓗ.[1]
They need more water though. They drink from the fresh water streams and rivers in the mountain. Melting snow high in the mountains runs into these streams and rivers.[1]

ᖃᓄᐃᑦᑑᓂᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᐃᑦ ᐹᓐᑕ
Kinds of giant pandas

ᒪᕐᕈᐃᓕᖅᑲᖓᔫᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᒃ ᐹᓐᑕ. ᑕᒪᒃᑮᒃ ᓴᐃᓇᒥᐅᑕᐅᔫᒃ. ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᓂᖅᐹᖅ ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑕᖅ ᖃᐅᓪᓗᖅᑕᕐᓗ ᐹᓐᑕ. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑎᖓ Ailuropoda melanoleuca melanoleuca.
They both live in China. The best known is the black and white panda. Its scientific name is Ailuropoda melanoleuca melanoleuca.

ᐊᐃᑉᐸᖓ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᒃ ᐹᓐᑕ ᑖᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅ ᑲᔪᖅᑐᖅ ᒥᖅᑯᓕᒃ. ᓂᐊᖁᖓ ᒥᑭᓐᓂᖅᓴᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᒃ ᐹᓐᑕᒥᑦ. ᐊᖏᓂᖅᓴᒥᒃ ᓯᕿᓂᕐᒨᖓᕗᖅ. ᑖᓐᓇ ᐹᓐᑕ ᓄᓇᖃᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᙵᐅᔭᐅᑉ ᖃᖅᑲᖏᓐᓂᑐᐊᖅ. ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑐᓕᕆᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐊᑎᖓ Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis.[1]
It has larger molars. This panda lives only in the Qinling Mountains. Its scientific name is Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis.[9]

ᓄᑕᕋᓛᑉ ᐹᓐᑕ
Baby pandas

ᔭᐃᔭᓐ ᐹᔅ ᐱᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᑕᕋᓛᖃᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ (ᐊᑎᖅᑕᓛᑦ) ᐅᑭᐅᖃᓕᕌᖓᑕ ᑎᓴᒪᓂᒃ 8−ᓂᒡᓗ. ᓄᑕᕋᓛᖃᕈᓐᓇᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖃᓕᕋᓱᖕᓂᖓᓂ 20−ᓂᑦ. ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐹᑕᓖᖏᑦ ᐱᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᑕᕋᓛᖃᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᒥ. ᐅᐱᕐᖓᔅᓵᖑᓕᕐᒥᒻᒪᑦ. ᒪᕐᕈᐃᓐᓈᖕᓂᒃ ᐱᖓᓱᓂᒡᔫᓃᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᓂᒃ ᓄᑕᕋᓛᖅᑖᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᓕᖅᑐᖅ. ᐅᖃᓗᒃᐸᒡᓗᑎᑦ ᑎᐱᓕᐅᕆᕙᒃᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐊᖑᑎᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᓂᒡᓗ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᐅᑎᓂᒃ ᓇᒃᓴᖃᑦᑕᐅᑎᕙᒃᖢᑎᒃ.
Giant pandas are ready to have babies (cubs) when they are between the ages of four and eight years. They may be able to have babies until about age 20. Female pandas are ready to have a baby only once a year.

ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐹᓐᑕᔅ ᐃᕐᓂᔪᓐᓇᖅᑐᖅ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓄᑦ ᒪᒃᑯᒃᑑᖕᓄᑦ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᑐᐊᕐᒥᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᖃᕋᔪᒃᑐᑦ. ᔭᐃᔭᓐ ᐹᓐᑕ ᑭᑉᐹᕆᒃᓯᓕᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᒥᓃᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᓖᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᓄᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ. ᐊᓱᐃᓪᓛᒃ ᕿᒪᐃᓕᖅᐸᑦᑐᑎᒃ ᐃᓅᓯᕐᒥᓂᒃ.
Usually only one lives. Giant panda cubs may stay with their mothers for up to three years. Then they leave her for a life of their own.

ᔭᐃᔭᓐ ᐹᓐᑕ, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, ᓇᓄᖅ.[1][2] ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂᒥᐅᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᓴᐃᓇᒥ.[3]
The giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, is a bear.[1][2] It lives in south central China.[3]

ᔭᐃᔭᓐ ᐹᓐᑕᔅ ᐃᓄᐃᓪᓗ
Giant pandas and people

ᐅᓪᓗᒥ, ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᒃ ᐹᓐᑕ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᒃᑯᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᓴᐃᓇᒧᑦ.[1][2] ᓴᐳᔾᔭᐅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᓴᐃᓃᓯᒃᑯᓐᓄᑦ. ᑐᖁᑦᑎᓂᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᖕᒥᒃ ᐹᓐᑕᒥᒃ ᐱᕋᔭᖕᓂᐅᕗᖅ.[3] ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᒃ ᐹᓐᑕ ᓄᖑᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᖅᐳᖅ. ᑐᖁᓂᐊᕐᑐᑦ ᓇᐹᕐᑐᐃᑦ ᐹᒻᐳ ᔭᒐᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᕐᐸᑕ.[4]
Today, the giant panda is a symbol for China.[10][11] It is protected by the Chinese government. Killing a giant panda is a crime.[12] The giant panda may become extinct. It will die out if the forests of bamboo continue to disappear.[13]

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᑲᓇᖕᓇᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂ ᐊᓰᐊ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓚᐅᙱᓚᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᒃ ᐹᓐᑕᒥᒃ ᑭᓯᐊᓂ 1869−ᖑᕋᓱᖕᓂᖓᓂ. ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅ « ᐅᐊᓕᓂᖅᐸᓯᖕᒥ » ᑕᑯᓪᓗᓂ ᐆᒪᔪᒥᒃ ᐹᓐᑕᒥᒃ ᔮᒪᓐ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᓴᖅᑎᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 1916-ᒥ.
People outside of eastern Asia did not know about the giant panda until 1869. The first "Westerner" to see a live panda was a German zoologist in 1916.

1936-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᕉᑦ ᕼᐊᕐᒃᔅ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐸᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᐊᓕᓂᕐᒥᐅᓂᒃ ᓇᒃᓴᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᖕᒥᒃ ᓴᐃᓇᒥᙶᖅᑐᒥᒃ. ᐊᑎᖅᑕᓛᖑᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ (ᓄᑕᕋᓛᖅ ᐹᓐᑕ) ᐊᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ Su-Lin. ᑭᐱᙳᐃᔭᐅᑎ ᐱᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ Brookfield Zoo-ᒥ ᓯᑳᒍᒥ.[1]
In 1936, Ruth Harkness became the first Westerner to bring a live giant panda out of China. It was a cub (baby panda) named Su-Lin. The cub was taken to live at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.[14]

1970-ᖏᓐᓂ, ᓴᐃᓃᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᓕᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᖕᓂᒃ ᐹᓐᔅ-ᒥ ᒥᐊᓕᒐᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᔭᐹᓐᒥ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᔾᔪᑎᑖᖅᖢᑎᒃ. ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ 1984−ᖑᕋᓱᖕᓂᖓᓂ, ᓴᐃᓃᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐊᓯᔾᔨᖅᓯᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᖃᓄᖅ ᑕᒪᓐᓇ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓚᐅᕐᒪᖔᑦ.
In the 1970s, China began showing giant pandas in zoos in the United States and Japan as a type of diplomacy. This happened until 1984, when China changed how this was done.

1984-ᒥ ᐱᒋᐊᕐᓗᓂ, ᓴᐃᓃᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᓂᒃ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᖅᓯᓇᔭᖅᐳᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᒃ ᐹᔅᑕᔅ−ᒥᒃ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓄᑦ ᖁᓕᓄᑦ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂ ᑖᓐᓇ zoo ᐊᑭᓖᔭᕆᐊᖃᕋᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᐃᓇᒥᒃ $1,000,000-ᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑕᒫᑦ. ᐊᒻᒪᑦᑕᐅᖅ, zoo-ᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᐊᖏᖃᑎᖃᕆᐊᖃᕋᔭᖅᐳᖅ ᓇᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᑭᑉᐹᕆᒃᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᓂᑯ ᐱᒋᔭᐅᓇᔭᕐᓂᖓᓂᒃ ᓴᐃᓇᒧᑦ.[1]
Starting in 1984, China would allow zoos to keep the giant pandas for 10 years, but the zoo would have to pay China up to $1,000,000 each year. Also, the zoo would have to agree that any cubs born would belong to China.[15]

ᐃᓚᖓᑦ ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᒃ ᐹᓐᑕᔅ ᐊᑦᓛᓐᑕ zoo-ᒥ
One of three giant pandas at the Atlanta Zoo

ᕼᐅᐊ ᒦ, ᓄᑕᕋᓛᖅ ᐹᓐᑕ ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᓵᓐ ᑎᒍ zoo-ᒥ 1999−ᒥ
Hua Mei, the baby panda born at the San Diego Zoo in 1999

17 ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᐃᑦ ᓯᓚᑖᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᓴᐃᓃᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᒃ ᐹᓐᔅᒥᒃ.
17 cities outside China have zoos with giant pandas.

ᐊᒥᐊᓕᒐᐅᑉ ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓂ
North America

ᐅᐊᓯᖕᑕᓐ, D.C., ᐊᒥᐊᓕᑲ[1] ᓵᓐ ᑎᒍ, ᑳᓕᕗᐊᓂᐊ, ᐊᒥᐊᓕᑲ[1] Memphis, Tennessee, ᐊᒥᐊᓕᑲ[1] ᐊᑦᓛᓐᑕ, ᔪᐊᔾᔨᐊ, ᐊᒥᐊᓕᑲ[1] ᒪᒃᓯᑯ ᓄᓇᓕᐸᐅᔭᖅ, ᒦᒃᓰᖂ[1] ᑐᕌᓐᑐ, ᐋᓐᑎᐅᕆᔪ, ᑲᓇᑕ
Washington, D.C., United States[16] San Diego, California, United States[16] Memphis, Tennessee, United States[16] Atlanta, Georgia, United States[16] Mexico City, Mexico[16] Toronto, Ontario, Canada

ᐱᒋᔭᐅᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᑎᑭᓴᐃᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓂᕿᑐᖅᑎᓄᑦ, ᐹᓐᑕᐅᑉ ᓂᕆᕙᒃᑕᖓ 99%−ᖑᕗᖅ ᐹᒻᐳ.[1] ᐹᑕᓖᖏᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ ᓂᕆᓚᐅᑲᒃᐸᒃᖢᑎᒃ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᕕᒃᓱᒐᕐᓂᒃ, ᐳᕙᒡᓗᖕᓇᓂᒃ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᓂᕿᓂᒃ ᑎᖕᒥᐊᖑᒐᓗᐊᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᑎᖕᒥᐊᖑᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐅᓯᑲᖅᑕᐅᑎᒃᑯᑦ. ᑳᐱᑐᕐᓗᓂ, ᒪᓐᓂᖅᑖᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᓖᑦ, ᒪᓐᓃᑦ, ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ, yams, ᕿᑲᕈᑎᑦ, ᒥᖑᐊᒐᐃᑦ, ᐅᕝᕙᓘᓐᓃᑦ ᐸᓈᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᓚᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᓂᕿᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂᒃ.[2][3]
Although it belongs to the order Carnivora, the panda's diet is 99% bamboo.[4] Pandas in the wild occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents or carrion. In captivity, they may get honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared food.[5][6]

ᑕᕆᐅᑉ ᐊᑭᐊᓂᙶᖅᑐᑦ
Europe

ᑰᐸᓐᕼᐊᐃᒐᓐ, ᑎᓐᒫᒃ
Copenhagen, Denmark

ᐱᕐᓖᓐ, ᔮᒪᓂ[1] ᕕᓇ, ᐋᔅᑐᕆᐊ[2] ᒪᑦᕆᑦ, ᓯᐸᐃᓐ[3] ᐃᑎᓐᐴᒡ, ᓯᑳᑦᓚᓐ
Berlin, Germany[17] Vienna, Austria[18] Madrid, Spain[19] Edinburgh, Scotland

ᐊᓰᐊ
Asia

ᓴᐃᓐ ᒪᐃ, ᑕᕼᐃᓚᓐ[1] ᑑᑭᔪ, ᓃᑉᐊᓐ[2] ᑯᐱ, Hyōgo, ᓃᑉᐊᓐ[3] ᓯᕌᕼᐊᒪ, ᐅᐊᑲᔮᒪ, ᓃᑉᐊᓐ [4] ᓇᐅᔭᑦ, ᓂᒋᐊᓂ ᑯᕇᐊ [5]
Chiang Mai, Thailand[20] Tokyo, Japan[21] Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan[22] Shirahama, Wakayama, Japan [23] Seoul, South Korea [24]

Adelaide Zoo in Adelaide-ᒥ, ᐊᔅᑦᕌᓕᐊ ᒪᕐᕉᖕᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᖕᓂᒃ ᐹᑕᓖᖅᑖᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 2009−ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ.[1]
The Adelaide Zoo in Adelaide, Australia received two giant pandas in 2009.[25]

ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᖅᑐᒦᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᓂᕐᔪᑎ
Endangered animal

ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᒃ ᐹᓐᑕ ᐊᑦᑕᕐᓇᖅᑐᒦᓕᖅᑐᖅ ᐆᒪᔪᑦ. ᓄᖑᑐᐃᓐᓇᕆᐊᖃᕐᒪᑦ.
The giant panda is an endangered species. It may become extinct.

2013-ᒥ, ᓇᓚᐅᑦᑖᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ 2,500 ᑐᖔᓂ ᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᖅᓴᐃᑦ ᐹᓴᓖᖃᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ. ᒪᓕᒐᕐᒥᒃ ᓱᕋᐃᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᐊᑲᐅᙱᓕᐅᕈᑕᐅᔪᓐᓃᖅᐳᖅ. ᐊᖑᓇᓱᖕᓂᖅ ᐹᓴᒧᑦ ᐱᕋᔭᖕᓂᐅᕗᖅ. ᐊᓄᓪᓚᒃᓯᖅᑕᐅᓃᑦ ᐱᔭᕆᐊᑐᔪᒻᒪᕆᐅᕗᑦ ᐊᖑᓇᓱᒃᑯᕕᑦ ᐹᓯᒥᑦ.[1]
In 2013, it was estimated that there were less than 2,500 mature giant pandas living in the wild. Illegal hunting is no longer a problem. Hunting for pandas is a crime.

ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᖅᐹᖅ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐃᓅᔪᓐᓃᕈᑕᐅᕗᖅ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓱᕋᒃᑎᕆᕙᓪᓕᐊᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᒥ ᓯᐅᕋᐅᔮᖅᑐᓕᖕᓂᒃ. ᓇᐹᖅᑐᐃᑦ ᓇᑲᑎᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓕᕐᒪᑕ. ᐱᕈᖅᓰᕕᓕᐅᕐᒪᑕ. ᑲᑎᙵᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐹᓴᓖᑦ ᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᐳᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᕆᐊᒃᓴᖅ ᒥᑭᑦᑐᓂ ᐃᓂᓂ. ᐃᓄᑑᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ. ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᖅᓱᐃᔪᓐᓇᙱᑦᑐᑦ ᐹᓐᑕᓂᒃ.[1]
The greatest threat to survival is the loss of living areas. People are ruining the areas where pandas live. They are cutting down trees.

ᔭᐃᔭᓐ ᐹᓐᑕ ᓂᕆᕙᒃᑭᓪᓗᓂ ᐹᒻᐳ. ᐃᓛᓐᓂᒃᑯᑦ ᐹᒻᐳ ᑐᖁᓲᖑᒻᒪᑦ. ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ, ᐹᒻᐳ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᖏᓐᓇᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ. ᓅᑉᐸᓪᓕᐊᓂᖅ ᐊᔪᕐᓇᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅᐳᖅ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ ᐹᓐᑕᒥ. ᐹᓐᑕᔅ ᓅᑦᑐᓐᓇᙱᓚᖅ ᐃᓱᒪᖅᓱᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᐃᒪᐃᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ.[1]
At one time, pandas could move to an area where bamboo was still growing. Moving has become more and more difficult. People are living and working in panda areas.

ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᒃ ᐹᓐᑕ ᖃᖅᑲᖃᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᕿᑎᖅᐸᓯᐊᓂ ᓴᐃᓇᒥ, ᐱᓗᐊᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᓯᐅᓵᓐ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᓂᕐᒥ, ᑭᓯᐊᓂᑦᑕᐅᖅ ᓵᓐᓯᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᒑᓐᓱ ᐊᕕᒃᓯᒪᓂᐅᔪᓂ.[1] ᐱᕈᖅᓰᕕᖃᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ, ᓱᕋᒃᑎᖅᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᕐᓂᖓᓄᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓄᓪᓗ ᐱᕙᓪᓕᐊᑎᑕᐅᔪᓄᑦ, ᐹᓐᑕ ᐃᖏᕐᕋᑎᑕᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᓯᒪᕗᖅ ᐊᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᓄᓇᖃᕐᕕᐅᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᒥ.
The giant panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, mainly in Sichuan province, but also in the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.[7] As a result of farming, deforestation and other development, the panda has been driven out of the lowland areas where it once lived.

ᐃᑲᔪᕐᓂᖅ ᐹᓴᓖᒥᒃ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ
Helping pandas to survive

ᓴᐃᓃᓯᒃᑯᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᓯᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᖅᐹᑦᑎᐊᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᒃ ᓄᓇᐅᑉ ᑕᕆᐅᖓᓂ ᓴᓂᕐᕙᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᒥᒃ 1963-ᒥ. ᐊᓯᖏᑦ ᓴᓂᕐᕙᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐋᖅᑭᒃᑕᐅᓚᐅᕐᒥᔪᑦ.
China set up the first giant panda nature reserve in 1963. Other nature reserves were also set up.

40-ᓂᒃ ᐃᓄᒃᐸᓱᒡᔪᖕᓂᒃ ᐹᓐᑕᓂᒃ ᓴᓂᕐᕙᒃᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖃᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 2006-ᒥ.
There were 40 giant panda reserves in 2006.

ᐊᒃᑐᐊᓂᓖᑦ ᒪᒃᐱᖅᑐᒐᐃᑦ
Related pages

ᐊᐅᐸᖅᑐᖅ ᐹᓐᑕ ᓴᐃᓇ
Red panda

Pandas International Archived 2010-04-05 at the Wayback Machine (en) Wolong Panda Club (en)
Pandas International Archived 2010-04-05 at the Wayback Machine Wolong Panda Club

ᓴᖅᑭᓐᓂᖓ
Appearance

ᔭᐃᔭᓐ ᐹᓐᔅ ᓇᓄᐅᕗᑦ. ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑕᓂᒃ ᖃᑯᖅᑕᓂᒡᓗ ᒥᖅᑯᓕᖕᓂᒃ ᓇᒥᓕᒫᖅ. ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑕᖅ ᒥᖅᑯᖓ ᓯᐅᑎᖏᓐᓃᑦᑐᖅ, ᐃᔨᖏᒍᑦ, ᓂᐅᖏᑎᒍᑦ, ᑐᐃᖏᑎᒍᓪᓗ.[1]
Giant pandas are bears. They have black and white fur all around them. The black fur is on their ears, around their eyes, on their legs, and on their shoulders.[8]

ᔭᐃᔭᓐ ᐹᓐᔅ ᐊᖏᓂᖓ ᐊᒥᐊᓕᒐᕐᒥᐅᑦ ᕿᕐᓂᖅᑐᖅ ᓇᓄᖅ.
Giant pandas are about the size of an American black bear.

3 ᐃᓯᒐᑦ (91 cm) ᑕᑭᓂᓕᒃ ᑐᐃᒃᑯᑦ ᓇᖏᖅᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂᒃ ᑎᓴᒪᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᓂᒃ.
They are about 3 feet (91 cm) tall at the shoulder when they are standing on all four legs.

6 ᐃᓯᒐᑦ (180 cm) ᑕᑭᑎᒋᔪᑦ. ᐊᖑᑏᑦ ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ 251 ᐸᐅᓐᔅ (114 ᑭᓗᒍᕌᒻ) ᓄᓇᒥ. ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐅᖁᒪᐃᓐᓂᖃᕋᔪᒃᑐᑦ 220 ᐸᐅᓐ ᑐᖔᓂ (100 ᑭᓗᒍᕌᒻ).[1]
They are about 6 ft (180 cm) long. Males weigh up to 251 pounds (114 kg) in the wild. Females usually weigh less than 220 pounds (100 kg).[1]