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Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling)

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The Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling), located in Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, is a specialized ex-situ conservation facility dedicated to the Qinling subspecies of giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis), a genetically distinct taxon listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and protected under Appendix I of CITES. Situated at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains, a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognized as a global biodiversity hotspot, the habitat adjoins Taibai Mountain National Forest Park and the Hanjiang River Source Protection Zone, forming a contiguous conservation network with the adjacent Qinling National Park. Its founding in 2017 was led by the Shaanxi Forestry Bureau, in partnership with Northwest A&F University and the Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, to address the unique conservation needs of the Qinling panda population, which is geographically isolated from other giant panda populations in Sichuan and Gansu provinces. In addition to its core giant panda conservation work, the habitat supports a range of sympatric native Qinling species, including the golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana), takin

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Pandas connected to this place

12 pandas recorded

Currently at Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling)

The pandas currently recorded at this institution.

11 active

Feng Ning

风宁

Alive
3 years old
Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling)

Feng Ning (风宁, studbook #1354) is a female giant panda born on 2022-08-30 at the Fuping Protection Station of the Wolong...

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Feng Xing

风星

Alive
3 years old
Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling)

Feng Xing is a female giant panda born on 2022-09-25 at the Fuping Giant Panda Wild Training Base. She is registered as ...

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Feng Yun

风云

Alive
3 years old
Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling)

Feng Yun is a female giant panda born on 2022-11-05 at the Fuping section of the Qinling Giant Panda National Park. She...

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Le Le

乐乐

Alive
17 years old
Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling)

Le Le (乐乐, studbook #715) is a male giant panda born on July 29, 2008 at the Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Rescue and Breeding R...

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Lin Lin

林林

Alive
5 years old
Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling)

Lin Lin (林林, studbook #1316) is a female giant panda born on 2020-07-26 at Foping National Nature Reserve. She currently...

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Qin Yun

秦韵

Alive
5 years old
Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling)

Qin Yun (秦韵) is a female Qinling giant panda born August 17, 2020 at the Qinling Panda Research Center. Known as the "Dr...

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Born here

Pandas whose birth place is recorded as Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling).

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Feng Ning

风宁

Alive
3 years old
Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling)

Feng Ning (风宁, studbook #1354) is a female giant panda born on 2022-08-30 at the Fuping Protection Station of the Wolong...

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Feng Xing

风星

Alive
3 years old
Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling)

Feng Xing is a female giant panda born on 2022-09-25 at the Fuping Giant Panda Wild Training Base. She is registered as ...

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Feng Yun

风云

Alive
3 years old
Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling)

Feng Yun is a female giant panda born on 2022-11-05 at the Fuping section of the Qinling Giant Panda National Park. She...

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Previously recorded here

Pandas that were once linked to this institution.

1

Xiao Ya

小丫

Deceased
11 years old
Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling)

Xiao Ya (小丫, studbook #940) was a female giant panda born September 15, 2014 at the Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Rescue Center....

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Recorded moments

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2023
Jul 18

Birth of Yun Feng

Yun Feng was born at wild_fuping.

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2022
Nov 5

Birth of Feng Yun

Feng Yun was born at wild_fuping.

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2022
Nov 5

Birth of Yun Yun Second

Yun Yun Second was born at wild_fuping.

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2022
Sep 25

Birth of Feng Xing

Feng Xing was born at wild_fuping.

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2022
Sep 25

Birth of Yun Xing Second

Yun Xing Second was born at wild_fuping.

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2022
Aug 30

Birth of Feng Ning

Feng Ning was born at wild_fuping.

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2022
Aug 30

Birth of Yun Ning Second

Yun Ning Second was born at wild_fuping.

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2022
Aug 25

Le Le transferred to Foping Base

Le Le moved to Foping Panda Conservation and Breeding Research Base.

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2021
Apr 1

Birth of Shan Lan

Shan Lan was born at wild_fuping.

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2020
Jul 26

Birth of Lin Lin

Lin Lin was born at wild_fuping.

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In the library

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The Ultimate Panda Documentary Guide: 50+ Films Every Panda Lover Needs to Watch

A curated global guide to over 50 panda documentaries spanning seven decades, seven thematic categories, and ten countries — from Pan Wenshi's raw Qinling field recordings in the 1990s to the 2024 Korean theatrical release Goodbye, Grandpa. Every film is verified, reviewed, and linked to the real pandas, keepers, and breeding centers behind the footage.

documentary film guide +2
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How to Become a Panda Keeper: More Than Just Shoveling Poo

Becoming a panda keeper is statistically harder than gaining admission to many elite universities — annual acceptance rates at the Chengdu Research Base are below 5%. This article explores the education, physical demands, emotional resilience, and daily realities of panda keeping, featuring interviews with keepers who describe their work as 'the most difficult, least glamorous, and most meaningful job in animal care.'

career keeper job +2
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Bifengxia Base: The First Stop for Every Returning Overseas Panda

Nestled in the misty mountains above Ya'an, Sichuan, the Bifengxia Panda Base is the quiet epicenter of the global panda diaspora — the place every overseas-born panda first encounters when it returns to China. With its cool climate, abundant bamboo, and specialized quarantine facilities, Bifengxia has processed every major panda homecoming of the modern era, from Tai Shan in 2010 to Fu Bao in 2024.

bifengxia homecoming quarantine +2
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Coordinates: 33.6822 N, 107.9856 E

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About Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling)

The Fuping Wild Panda Habitat (Qinling), located in Fuping County, Shaanxi Province, is a specialized ex-situ conservation facility dedicated to the Qinling subspecies of giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis), a genetically distinct taxon listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List and protected under Appendix I of CITES. Situated at the southern foot of the Qinling Mountains, a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognized as a global biodiversity hotspot, the habitat adjoins Taibai Mountain National Forest Park and the Hanjiang River Source Protection Zone, forming a contiguous conservation network with the adjacent Qinling National Park. Its founding in 2017 was led by the Shaanxi Forestry Bureau, in partnership with Northwest A&F University and the Shaanxi Institute of Zoology, to address the unique conservation needs of the Qinling panda population, which is geographically isolated from other giant panda populations in Sichuan and Gansu provinces.

In addition to its core giant panda conservation work, the habitat supports a range of sympatric native Qinling species, including the golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana), takin