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Endangered Species Research and Source Document

=**Sources**: Be sure to include pictures, videos, books, databases, and online sites=

Chengdu Breeding and Research Center http://www.travelchinaguide.com http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/schaller_george.html George Schaller Info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Park%2C_Hong_Kong Ocean Park Hong Kong http://www.zooatlanta.org/ Conservation and Research

http://www.chinagiantpanda.com Wolong Nature Reserve

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Zoo San Diego Zoo

Brittanica- giant panda ([|http://school.eb.com/all/eb/article-9058234?query=giant%20panda&ct=null)] Everywonder.com absolute panda Thewildones.org giant panda Wwfchina.org The Giant Panda by Judith Janda Presnall, book Pandas by Heather Angel, book http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/WEtlands/Raccoons/Raccoon.html Raccoons http://www.mnsu.edu/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/aibakker/477407184/- by AlBakker

http://www.flickr.com/photos/autanex/329004293/ - by autan

http://www.flickr.com/search/?l=3&q=atlanta+zoo+panda+&m=text - by boxercab

http://www.flickr.com/photos/n0r/455511466/ - by n0r

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wordfreak/249113111/ - by wordfreak

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rchou/495494609/ - sabershadzero

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Questions:

1. Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics?

Locate your animal’s habitat (Where does it live? Does it migrate?) Lives in Central China. They are found only in the bamboo forests in the mountains of central Peoples Republic of China, including the provinces of Gansu, Shaanxi, and Sichuan.

Include all subspecies or varieties of your animal. • Qinling Panda

Identify at least 10 characteristics that will give an in-depth, accurate description of your animal • Pandas can be up to 6 feet tall and weigh over 220 pounds. • white torso with black patches, large molars, live to be about 30 in captivity, • Adult giant pandas are generally solitary, but they do communicate periodically through scent marks, calls, and occasional meetings. • Giant pandas reach breeding maturity between four and eight years of age. • A wild panda spends much of its day resting, feeding, and seeking food. Unlike other bears from temperate climates, giant pandas do not hibernate • Eats BAMBOO, fish, and plants

Where and why is your animal endangered?

Locate where it is endangered (might not be endangered in all its habitats) • Fewer than 1,000 pandas are in the wild

Identify the factors, environmental and/or anthropogenic (caused by man) that cause it to be endangered • Bamboo is dying • Smaller living areas • Poaching • Low birth rate and high death rate for infants • Exportation of pandas • Land is being cut down to build homes

Provide statistics and other facts related to its endangerment • There are about 1,600 left in the wild. • More than 160 pandas live in zoos and breeding centers around the world, mostly in China.

2. Where is your animal in captivity and/or conserved? Chengdu Reserve Wolong Reserve Atlanta Zoo San Diego Zoo

Locate at least two zoos and/or conservation centers where the animal is held. • Atlanta Zoo • San Diego Zoo • Zoologischer Garten Berlin, Berlin, Germany • Wolong National Nature Reserve is a protected area located in Sichuan Province, People's Republic of China. Established in 1963, the reserve covers an area of about 200,000 hectares. There are over 4,000 different species recorded in the reserve. Wolong National Nature Reserve houses more than 150 highly endangered giant pandas 3. What is being done to restore your animal’s populations? Where is it being done

• The Chinese government has set up 12 preserves • Building a research center with laboratories and breeding facilities, a nursery, and hospital in China • Efforts are being made to introduce pandas to new areas not currently occupied by it in order to expand its habitat. • Strips of land, called bamboo corridors, have been created to help pandas migrate or move from one area to another. This technique opens more habitats to pandas. When pandas move greater distances to find mates, they can spread their genes further in the population

Locate where research is done on your animal and where efforts are underway to conserve its population (Note: It may be that this is done at the same location(s) you identified in #3) Atlanta and San Diego Zoo Chengdu Wolong

Identify the experts, leaders, and/or groups guiding the conservation • WWF (World Wildlife Fund) • George B. Schaller represents WWF • Hu Jinchu, biology professor


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