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Mexico
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Places in Mexico
1 location recorded
Panda profiles
Pandas connected to Mexico
9 pandas recorded
Currently in Mexico
The active panda profiles tied to institutions in this country.
Xin Xin
新新
35 years old
Chapultepec Zoo
Xin Xin (新新) is the only giant panda in the world that does not belong to China. Born July 1, 1990 at Chapultepec Zoo in...
View profileXin Xin
欣欣
35 years old
Chapultepec Zoo
Xin Xin (欣欣, "Hope"), studbook #459, is a female giant panda born July 1, 1990 at Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City. She is...
View profileBorn in Mexico
Pandas whose birth place is recorded inside this country.
Shuan Shuan
双双
38 years old
Chapultepec Zoo
Shuan Shuan (双双, "Double") was a female giant panda born at Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo in 1987. The seventh and last ...
View profileShuang Shuang
双双
38 years old
Chapultepec Zoo
Shuang Shuang (双双, studbook #332) was a female giant panda born June 15, 1987 at Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo — the sec...
View profileTohui
多惠
44 years old
Chapultepec Zoo
Tohui (多惠, studbook #251) was a female giant panda born July 21, 1981 at Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo — the first giant...
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Historical panda profiles connected to this country.
Pe Pe
佩佩
51 years old
Chapultepec Zoo
Pe Pe is a male giant panda born on 1 January 1975 in the wild of Sichuan Province, China. His studbook number is 211, a...
View profileShuan Shuan
双双
38 years old
Chapultepec Zoo
Shuan Shuan (双双, "Double") was a female giant panda born at Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo in 1987. The seventh and last ...
View profileShuang Shuang
双双
38 years old
Chapultepec Zoo
Shuang Shuang (双双, studbook #332) was a female giant panda born June 15, 1987 at Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo — the sec...
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Further reading connected to Mexico
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80 Years of Panda Diplomacy: From Wartime Gifts to Global Research Loans
Trace the transformation of giant panda diplomacy from 1941, when Soong Mei-ling gifted the first pandas to America, through the landmark 1972 Nixon-era exchange, to today's international research loan agreements that channel millions of dollars annually into wild habitat conservation. This is the untold story of how a reclusive mountain bear became the world's most powerful diplomatic animal.
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What the archive has recorded here
2025
Jun 29
Xin Xin's 35th birthday celebration
Mexico held a week-long celebration for Xin Xin's 35th birthday, issuing 2.4 million commemorative lottery tickets.
Read update 2022
Jul 1
Shuan Shuan dies at 35, one of the world's oldest pandas
Shuan Shuan, one of the oldest giant pandas in the world, passed away at age 35 at Chapultepec Zoo, having lived more than double the typical wild lifespan.
Read update 1993
Nov 16
Tohui dies at Chapultepec Zoo
Tohui, the first panda born and surviving outside China, died of leptospirosis at age 12.
Read update 1990
Jul 1
Birth of Xin Xin
Xin Xin was born at Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City, the third generation of Mexico's panda family.
Read update 1990
Jul 1
Xin Xin born at Chapultepec Zoo
Xin Xin born at Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico City, the first second-generation giant panda born outside China.
Read updateActivity in this country has been recorded in the archive since 1975.
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