Giant panda

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q33602
Giant panda
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Giant panda

Summary

Giant panda is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.015% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (138,590 views/month, #29 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Giant panda's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Giant panda is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Giant panda's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Vulnerable[5].
  • Giant panda is classified within Ailuropoda[6].
  • Giant panda is endemic to People's Republic of China[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Giant panda is Ailuropoda melanoleuca[8].
  • Giant panda is a type of Ursidae[9].
  • Giant panda's Commons category is recorded as Ailuropoda melanoleuca[10].
  • Giant panda's Unicode character is recorded as 🐼[11].
  • Giant panda's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Giant pandas[12].
  • Giant panda's Commons gallery is recorded as Ailuropoda melanoleuca[13].
  • Giant panda's main food source is recorded as Bambuseae[14].
  • Giant panda's represents is recorded as People's Republic of China[15].
  • Giant panda's represents is recorded as WWF International[16].
  • Giant panda's external data available at URL is recorded as http://www.GigaDB.org/dataset/100004[17].
  • Giant panda's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18].
  • Giant panda's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[19].
  • Giant panda's original combination is recorded as Ursus melanoleucus[20].
  • Giant panda's has characteristic is recorded as herbivore[21].
  • Giant panda's has characteristic is recorded as viviparity[22].
  • Giant panda's short name is recorded as A. melanoleuca[23].
  • Giant panda is commonly known as Panda géant[24].
  • Giant panda is commonly known as Giant Panda[25].
  • Giant panda is commonly known as Bambusbär[26].
  • Giant panda is commonly known as Riesenpanda[27].

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Classification

Giant panda's scientific name is Ailuropoda melanoleuca[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Ailuropoda[6]. Recorded taxon common name include Panda géant[24], Giant Panda[25], Bambusbär[26], Riesenpanda[27], Großer Panda[28], and panda gigante[29].

Distribution

Giant panda is endemic to People's Republic of China[7].

Identifiers

Giant panda's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 41659[30]. Giant panda's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9646[31]. Giant panda's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328070[32]. Giant panda's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2433399[33]. Giant panda's ITIS TSN is recorded as 621845[34].

Why It Matters

Giant panda ranks in the top 0.015% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (138,590 views/month, #29 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 148 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · ~2026-51675-62 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Habitat → Platje
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P2974]]: [[Q1941760]]"
  2. 13d ago · WG0uMSn0dJm5lfrWbgoi · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Ursidae
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  3. 6w ago · Jfpierce · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → herbivore, viviparity
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1552]]: [[Q120446]]"
  4. 11w ago · C960657 · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → panda, stor_panda
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  5. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2WP3kC
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  6. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0340884-panda-velka
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0340884-panda-velka, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  7. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
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