Ailuropoda melanoleuca

(A. David, 1869)

Giant Panda

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Ursoidea
Family : Ursidae
Subfamily : Ailuropodinae
Genus : Ailuropoda

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

David, A. 1869. Voyage en Chine fait sous les auspices de S. Exc. le Ministre de l'Instruction publique. Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle (1)5(Bulletin):3-13.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13953952

Original name as described

Ursus melanoleucus

Other common names

Da Xiong Mao

Type locality

Sichuan Province, China.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

China

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005930

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Aeluropus fovealis

(Matthew & Granger, 1923)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

fovealis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH FM-18385

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

579

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Aelureidopus baconi

(Smith Woodward, 1915)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

baconi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:PV:M 10971

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

428

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31547423

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Ailuropoda melanoleuca wulingshanensis

Wang Linghong & Lin Yufen in Wang Linghong, Lin Yufen, Chang Shaowu, & Yuan Jiarong, 1982

Family

Ursidae

Root name

wulingshanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

IVPP V5097

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

354

Authority publication

Vertebrata PalAsiatica

Ailuropoda melanoleuca qinlingensis

Wan Qiuhong, Wu Hua, & Fang Shengguo, 2005

Family

Ursidae

Root name

qinlingensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

SFNRMB 2000-03

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

400

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Ursidae

Root name

melanoleuca

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

95

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:95) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:250) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Wozencraft (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8533)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Smith & Xie (2008:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2009:487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67177)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #712) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1005930) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/712/121745669) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Ursus melanoleucus

(A. David, 1869)

Family

Ursidae

Root name

melanoleuca

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13953952

Authority publication

Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

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