2. OVER VIEW
• About the Giant Panda
• Natural habitat of the Giant Panda
• Why the Giant Panda is under threat of extinction
• What we can do to save it from extinction
3. Order: Carnivore
Family: Ursidae
Scientific name: Ailuropoda
melanoleuc
• The Giant Panda is 1.2 to 1.4
meters long and 60 to 90 cm tall
at the shoulders.
• They can weigh as little as 75 kg
but can get up to 125 kg.
• The y can live for up to 35
years.
• They have a diet of 99%
bamboo.
SIZE, WEIGHT, AGE
4. NATURAL HABITAT
• Pandas live in China’s
rain forests.
• Giant Pandas live in
broadleaf and
coniferous forests with a
dense understory of
bamboo.
• Torrential rains and
dense mist throughout
the year characterizes
these forests, often
shrouded in heavy
clouds.
• The Panda's habitat
surrounds the great
Sichuan Plain. To the
North are the Qinling
Mountains.
5. • One of the reasons the
Giant Panda is becoming
endangered is because it
can only reproduce once
every year in the spring.
• Another reason is
because of loss of
habitat. The bamboo
takes a long time to grow
and the Panda’s eat it so
fast.
• They are also under
threat of illegal poachers.
The poachers kill the
panda and take its fur
because it is very soft
and very rare,
WHY IS THE PANDA ENDANGERED
6. • The Chinese
government has
imposed a forest
logging ban in 1998.
• The government has
also set up 33 nature
reserves where
development and plant
and animal exploitations
are forbidden.
• Promoting
conservation messages
and heightening
awareness of people
around the world are
important.
WHAT CAN BE DONE TO SAVE THE PANDA
7. SUMMARY
• Giant Pandas are an endangered species.
• They live in China's rainforests.
• The rainforest have very dense under growth of bamboo.
• Pandas only reproduce once every year.
• Poachers take Pandas fur because its very soft and rare.
