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Liang Yun

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Liang Yun is a female giant panda born on 2023-10-30 at Dalian Zoo. Her studbook number is 1389, and she is recorded as alive in official giant panda studbook data. This giant panda is one of the youngest captive-bred giant pandas housed in a northern Chinese public zoo. She is the offspring of Liang Bang and Yun Chuan, both captive-bred giant pandas with registered studbook entries within the national giant panda management program. Her lineage traces back to wild giant panda populations native to the Min Mountains of Sichuan Province. Currently living at Dalian Zoo, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, she participates in the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center’s coordinated captive breeding program. The program supports public education about giant panda ecology and maintains genetically diverse captive populations. As a juvenile giant panda, Liang Yun displays typical foraging and exploratory behaviors, spending most of her active time feeding on bamboo and exploring her enclosure. She is a popular attraction for domestic and international zoo visitors, helping raise public awareness of giant panda conservation. Captive juvenile giant pandas like Liang Yun contribute to research into captive panda development and long-term species survival efforts.