Facts about Pandas Habitat- Where Do Pandas Live?

The giant panda is solitary and often scattered in the dense bamboo grove. Therefore, they get the name “Bamboo Hermit”.

They don’t live in the jungle nor rainforest because giant pandas are wet-loving animals. They live in the dense bamboo forest of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China at an altitude of 2,600-3,500 meters. It is generally on a gently sloped terrain below 20°and its humidity is often above 80%.

There are flourishing forests, bamboos grow well, and temperatures are relatively stable. Also, food resources and water sources here are abundant, which are very suitable for pandas to live.

Some factors affect the pandas’ habitat. They are distribution of bamboo, topography, and water sources, whether there are hiding places and nests for feeding young cubs, and mountains. And human disturbance is the main factor affecting the distribution of giant pandas today.

What is a giant panda’s habitat?

In short, the habitat of giant pandas refers to where the giant pandas live.

What climate do pandas live in?

The giant panda habitat belongs to the mountain climate based on the subtropical monsoon climate.

The giant panda habitat belongs to the higher runoff area, and the climate has obvious vertical differences. It distributes the evergreen broad-leaf and broadleaved deciduous mixed forest, coniferous broad-leaved forest, and subalpine coniferous forest.

What altitude of panda’s habitat?

The giant pandas live in the deep valleys of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China at an altitude of 2,600-3,500 meters above sea level.

Where are Chinese giant pandas distributed?

The distribution of giant pandas is limited to the alpine deep valleys of the transition from the upper reaches of the Yangtze River to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China, including the Qinling Mountains, Minshan Mountain, Qionglai Mountain, Daxiangling & Xiaoxiangling, and Dalangshan & Xiaoliangshan mountains.

Where are the captive pandas distributed?

The captive giant pandas are mainly in the major zoos in China, as well as in cooperative zoos around the world. There are more giant pandas in Dujiangyan, Bifengxia, and Wolong Panda Base.

According to the latest statistics, as of November 2018, the number of captive giant pandas in the world reached 548, of which 482 were pandas in Sichuan.

Where are the wild pandas distributed?

The number of giant pandas in the wild has now reached more than 1,590, and this year it will increase, mainly in 55 nature reserves. China’s first giant panda nature reserve is the Wolong National Nature Reserve.

Is captivity good for the giant panda?

Captivity is important for the protection of giant pandas, but going to nature is the ultimate destination for captive giant pandas.

With the success of captive breeding, the rapid growth of the giant panda captive population will not be far away. Regardless of the method used, our ultimate goal in protecting giant pandas is to enable the giant panda family to survive and multiply independently of nature without human intervention.

Which animal is a big threat to giant pandas?

The natural enemies of the giant pandas are wolves, which is beyond the expectations of many people, but it is the reality.

The wolf is different from other large ferocious carnivores. Wolves live in packs, and whether it is hunting or living, it is a group to act together. Other ferocious carnivores, like pandas, prefer to act alone. The wolves are playing a lot of advantages here.

The environment in which wild pandas live is still very safe. It has a strong sense of territory and unlike other ferocious animals, they do not have to eat meat. The life and eating habits that they love bamboo and love to climb trees make them more secure.

What are the characteristics of panda’s habitat?

People often ask whether pandas live in the Northeast. In their memory, pandas have thick hairs like Siberian tigers, bears, Far Eastern leopards, and sables, so they should live in the cold as well.

These are all wrong. The giant pandas span 45 counties (cities) in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, with a habitat area of over 20,000 square kilometers, of which more than 80% are distributed in Sichuan.

Does China own all pandas?

Yes, only China has pandas in the world because only the giant pandas that have evolved in China have survived. While the giant pandas in other parts of the world have been extinct in the process of evolution. The giant panda maintains its original ancient features and has many scientific values. There, it is known as the “living fossil” and also “national treasure” of China.

The giant pandas seen in other countries, such as Japan, are rented out by China and will eventually return to China.

Why are there no wild giant pandas in other countries?

So far, only China has the wild pandas. There are no wild giant pandas abroad. Even non-wild giant pandas are donated by China. In fact, there were wild giant pandas in foreign countries, but they all disappeared later. The reason why they disappeared was that the change of climate, the change of geography and other factors. Geographical reasons caused reproductive isolation, resulting in different species. There may be foreign animals similar to the panda gene. But it is no longer the same species. It is also possible that the Chinese environment is more suitable for panda growth. In short, the wild giant pandas in other parts of the world are extinct.