Bottom line: Giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) were downlisted from Endangered → Vulnerable in 2016 after decades of protection and habitat gains—but risks remain. Habitat fragmentation, infrastructure, and livestock grazing continue to chip away at bamboo forests and isolate small subpopulati...
The types of pandas include the Qinling subspecies of the giant panda, the nominal subspecies of the giant panda, the white giant panda, the brown giant panda, and the primitive panda.Qinling Subspecies of the Giant Panda: The Qinling Mountains are the northernmost habitat for giant pandas in China,...