The document describes the giant panda. It provides details about its physical description as a large bear-like mammal with black and white coloring. It eats bamboo, mushrooms, fish and other plant materials. Giant pandas live in broadleaf forests in central China, mainly in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. They mate between March and May and give birth to offspring in August or September. In the wild, giant pandas live 18-20 years, while in captivity they can survive over 30 years.

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2. Table of contents
• Description
• Diet
• Habitat
• Countries where they are found
• Reproduction
• Lifespan
• References
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3. Description
• Mammal
• Size: 120cm- 190 cm long
• Weight: 75 kg-130kg
• -Bearlike Body
-Black and White Color
-Round Shaped Ears
- Big Head
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5. Diet
• Bamboo Stems and Leaves
• Mushrooms
• Fish
• Flowers
• Vines
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7. habitat
• Broad leaved forests in Central
China
• Mainly in :
Sichuan
Shaanxi
Gansu
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8. Countries where pandas
are found
• China
• Australia
• Europe
• North America
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9. Reproduction
• Mate between the months
March- May
• Gives birth in the month August
or September
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11. Lifespan
• 18- 20 years in the wild
• 30 years and up in captivity
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14. References
• Animal diversity web(2002), University of Michigan [
online]. Available at :
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/in
formation/Ailuropoda_melanoleuca.html [Accessed
September 27, 2011]
• Giant Panda Habitat, Facts ( no date), Panda
Bear[online]. Available at:
http://www.bearplanet.org/pandabear.shtml [accessed
September 27, 2011]
• Giant Panda ( no date), WWF Global [ online]. Available
at:
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species
/giant_panda/ [ accessed September 27, 2011]
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15. Thank you
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