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| (Genus and Species,Family,Order): Ailuropoda Melanleuca,Ursidate,Carnivora |
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| About the size of an Aerican black bear,giant pandas stand between two and three feet tall at the shoulder (on all four legs),and reach four to six feet long.Male are larger than females,weighing up to 250 pounds in the wild.Females rarely reach 220 pounds. |
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| Chinese scientists have reported zoo pandas as old as 35.The National Zoo's Hsing died at age 28 in 1999. |
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A wild giant Panda's diet is almost exclusively(99 percent)bamboo.the balance consists of other grasses and occasional small rodents or musk deer fawns in zoos,giant pandas eat bamboo,sugar cane,rice gruel,a special high-fiber biscuit,carrots,apples,and sweet potatoes.  |
