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...
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Chapultepec Zoo
zoo Mexico City, Mexico
Chapultepec Zoo, located in the Chapultepec Forest of Ciudad de México, is one of the oldest and most biologically diverse zoological institutions in Latin America. Founded in 1924 by Mexican biologist Alfonso L. Herrera, the zoo houses more than 2,000 animals representing 250 species, including critical endangered taxa such as *Ailuropoda melanoleuca* (giant panda), *Panthera onca* (jaguar), *Ara militaris* (military macaw), and *Cynomys mexicanus* (Mexican prairie dog). It
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Pandas connected to this place
9 pandas recorded
Currently at Chapultepec Zoo
The pandas currently recorded at this institution.
Xin 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...
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Pandas whose birth place is recorded as Chapultepec Zoo.
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...
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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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Pandas that were once linked to this institution.
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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Archive timeline at Chapultepec Zoo
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 update 1989
Jan 29
Ying Ying passes away at Chapultepec Zoo
Ying Ying, the founding female of the Chapultepec panda lineage, died at approximately 14 years of age.
Read update 1987
Jun 15
1987
Jun 15
Birth of Shuang Shuang
Shuang Shuang was born at Chapultepec Zoo, Mexico, second generation of the Mexico panda dynasty.
Read update 1981
Jul 21
1976
Jan 1
In the library
Further reading on Chapultepec Zoo
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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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Where this place sits in the wider panda world
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Coordinates: 19.4239 N, 99.1892 W
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About Chapultepec Zoo
Chapultepec Zoo, located in the Chapultepec Forest of Ciudad de México, is one of the oldest and most biologically diverse zoological institutions in Latin America. Founded in 1924 by Mexican biologist Alfonso L. Herrera, the zoo houses more than 2,000 animals representing 250 species, including critical endangered taxa such as Ailuropoda melanoleuca (giant panda), Panthera onca (jaguar), Ara militaris (military macaw), and Cynomys mexicanus (Mexican prairie dog). It