Panda archive

Ming Ming

明明

Ming Ming is a female giant panda born on September 17, 1991 in the wild of the Qinling Mountains, China. Her studbook number is 373, and she is recorded as one of the few wild-born giant pandas tracked by conservation researchers in the region. She is the offspring of an unregistered wild male giant panda and a wild female giant panda named Xiao Xue. Genetic samples collected by researchers from the Shaanxi Wild Animal Conservation Research Centre confirm her Qinling mountain giant panda subspecies lineage. Currently living in the wild of the Qinling Mountains, she participates in long-term ecological monitoring programs run by the China Wildlife Conservation Association. Researchers regularly collect non-invasive genetic and behavioral data from her to study wild giant panda population dynamics. As a wild-born Qinling giant panda, Ming Ming displays typical foraging behaviors, spending most of her active time consuming bamboo. She contributes valuable data on wild giant panda habitat use and reproductive patterns, supporting evidence-based conservation planning for the endangered subspecies, and helps raise public awareness of giant panda habitat protection across central China.