Interesting Facts about PANDA BEARS ***

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Did you Know? List of Facts about Panda Bears
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about Panda Bears, trivia and information, including some useful statistics about animals will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults.

Interesting Facts about Panda Bears are as follows:

Fact 1 - Definition: A reddish-brown Asian raccoon-like carnivore, because of its long, striped bushy tail, (Red Pandas) or a large black-and-white herbivorous mammal (Giant Pandas) of bamboo forests. The Giant Panda is significantly larger than the Red Panda

Fact 2 - There are two different species of Panda Bears: The Ailuropoda melanoleuca (Giant Panda Bear) which is native to China and Tibet and the Ailurus fulgens (Red Panda, or Lesser Panda) which is native to Northeast Asia - Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar and Nepal
- Fully grown Giant panda bears reach the height of 5-6 feet and weigh between 276lb
- Fully grown Red panda bears reach the height of 20 - 25 inches and weigh between 7 - 13 lb
Fact 3 - The name 'panda' which links the two animals refers to what they eat and is derived from the Nepalese word "nigalya ponya" which means "eater of bamboo."
Fact 4 - The diet of Panda Bears consist of bamboo stems, bamboo leaves and bamboo shoots. Panda Bears consume about 80 pounds of bamboo every day however the Red Panda differs from the Giant Panda in that it adds fruits to its diet
Fact 5 - A male is called a boar or he-bear
Fact 6 - A female is called a sow or she-bear
Fact 7 - Baby Panda Bears are referred to as a cub
Fact 8 - collective name for a group of Panda Bears is a sleuth or sloth
Fact 9 - The sounds made by Panda Bears are referred to as bleats, honks and growls
Fact 10 - Less than 2,500 Giant Panda Bears are alive due to habitat destruction of the bamboo forests. They are one of the world's most Endangered species
Fact 11 - The Red Panda Bear has been classified as Vulnerable in the list of endangered species because its population is estimated at less than 10,000
Fact 12 - Pandas are territorial and solitary animals
Fact 13 - Pandas can live up to around 20 years in the wild
Fact 14 - Pandas are expert at climbing trees
Fact 15 - Pandas live in and around mountainous slopes
Fact 16 - Pandas have been on earth for about 3 million years
Fact 17 - The average size of a litter of Giant panda bears is one cub ( 1 - 5 in Red Pandas )