Panda archive

Mei Ling

美灵

Mei Ling is a male giant panda born on 2003-01-01 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. He is listed as studbook number 568 in the global giant panda breeding registry, which tracks individual pedigrees and demographic data for captive populations of the species. He is the offspring of Pan Pan (studbook 384) and Tang Ping (studbook 480). Both of his parents are long-term residents of the China Conservation and Research Center, and they contributed to the center’s established captive breeding program for giant pandas. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center in Wolong, Sichuan, China, he participates in the center’s coordinated captive breeding initiative. The program aims to maintain genetic diversity within the captive giant panda population and support potential reintroduction efforts for wild populations. As an adult male giant panda, Mei Ling demonstrates typical foraging behaviors, spending up to 14 hours daily consuming bamboo. He is one of the well-documented captive individuals that contributes to public education about giant panda ecology, and his pedigree supports researchers studying genetic inheritance in the vulnerable species.