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Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo

Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo, located in the Xuanwu District of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, is one of the most visited urban zoos in East China, housing over 300 species and 10,000 individual animals including *Ailuropoda melanoleuca* (giant panda), *Trachypithecus francoisi* (François' langur), *Dicerorhinus sumatrensis* (Sumatran rhino), and *Elaphurus davidianus* (milu deer). The zoo maintains long-term cooperation with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, participating in the national giant panda ex-situ conservation network alongside partner institutions like the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and Beijing Zoo. All CITES Appendix I species housed at the zoo are managed under compliance with international conservation guidelines set by the IUCN Species Survival Commission. The zoo's Primate Ecology Zone hosts the largest captive population of *Trachypithecus francoisi* in East China, with research on langur infant survival rates conducted in partnership with Nanjing Forestry University and the IUCN Primate Specialist Group

Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo houses giant pandas under international loan agreement with the China Conservation and Research Center, as part of the cooperative panda diplomacy and ex-situ conservation network.