Yi Lan
怡兰
4 years old
adelaide_zoo
Yi Lan (怡兰), also known as Shu Chang (舒畅), is a female giant panda born August 10, 2021 at Wolong Shenshuping Base. Daug...
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Xing Qiu
星秋
alive male
Born September 29, 2020
Xing Qiu (星秋), is a male giant panda born on September 29, 2020 at the Chengdu Research Base. He was selected alongside Yi Lan (怡兰) as the next pair to continue the China-Australia conservation program at Adelaide Zoo. They arrived in Adelaide in December 2024, becoming the only giant pandas living in the Southern Hemisphere.
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September 29, 2020
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Adelaide Zoo
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Xing Qiu (星秋), is a male giant panda born on September 29, 2020 at the Chengdu Research Base. He was selected alongside Yi Lan (怡兰) as the next pair to continue the China-Australia conservation program at Adelaide Zoo. They arrived in Adelaide in December 2024, becoming the only giant pandas living in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Xing Qiu (Chinese: 星秋) is a male giant panda born on September 29, 2020, at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
He was selected alongside Yi Lan (怡兰) to replace Wang Wang (网网) and Fu Ni (福妮) at Adelaide Zoo in South Australia. They departed China in December 2024 and arrived in Adelaide to a warm welcome, becoming the only giant pandas in the Southern Hemisphere.
Xing Qiu currently resides at Adelaide Zoo as part of the Sino-Australian conservation partnership.
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