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SPECIES Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Author: | David, 1869. | Citation: | Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Bull., 5: 13-Dec. | Common Name: | Giant Panda | Type Locality: | "Mou-pin" [China, Sichuan Sheng, Baoxing (=Moupin) 30°23'N, 102°50'E]. | Distribution: | China (Sichuan, Shensi, Gansu; perhaps Qinghai, on E edge of Tibetan plateau). | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered. | Comments: | Regarded by Hendey (1980a, b) as the only surviving species in the subfamily Agriotheriinae. Placed in the monotypic family Ailuropodidae by Thenius (1979). Reviewed by Chorn and Hoffmann (1978). |
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