MY MAMMAL PRESENTATION

GIANA PARDEEPANDA BEAR9TH PERIOD.

CLASIFICATION:• KINGDOM: ANIMALIA• PHYLUM: CHORDATA• CLASS: MAMMALIA• ORDER: CARNIVORA• FAMILY: URSIDAE• GENUS: AILUROPODA• SPEICES: AMELANOLEUCA

DIMENSISONS• LENGTH: FROM 120 TO 190

CENTIMETERS.• HEIGHT: FULLLY GROWN MAY REACH

ABOUT 20-25 INCHES• WEIGHT: THEY MAY WEIGH OVER 200

POUNDS (90KG)

HABITAT:• PANDA BEARS PREFER TO LIVE IN

THE COLD, DAMP CONIFEROUS FORESTS BETWEEN 4000 AND 11,000 FT. IN ELEVATION.

• ENVIRONMENT: THEY LIVE IN THE WILD, PLACES WHERE BAMBOO GROWS,(1600 SPESCIMANS, PLUS 10% IN ZOOS)

DIET• MEAT: EVEN THE GIANT PANDA

BEAR WILL EAT A LITTLE BIT OF MEAT BUT THEIR MAIN DIET IS BAMBOO.

• PLANTS: THEY EAT MANLY LEAVES, STENS, AND SOME BAMBOO SPECIES, ADULTS CAN EAT ABOUT 10 TO 12 HOURS A DAY.

FAMILY LIFE

• NUMBER BORN: THEY USUALLY HAVE ABOUT 1-3 CUBS

• GESTATION: THE AVERAGE PANDA BEARS GESTATION IS ABOUT 135 DAYS AND THE LATEST GESTATION IS ABOUT 160 DAYS.

• WHEN BORN: THEY USUALLY GIVE BIRTH IN THE WINTER.

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR & SHELTER

• SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: THEY AVOID DIRECT CONTACT WITH OTHERS OF THEIR OWN KIND.

• SHELTER: THEY LIVE IN THE WILD, PANDAS USE HOLLOWED OUT TREES, CAVES, OR EVEN THE THICKEST OF BAMBOO.

CHARACTERISTICS• TEMPERAMENT: THEY ARNT VERY

SHY BUT THEY LIKE TO LIVE ALONE WHERE THEY FEEL UNDISTURBED BY OTHERS.

• UNIQUE BEHAVIOR: PANDAS ARE LONERS, ALTHOUGH THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN CARNIVOROUS AT SOME POINT IN THEIR EVOLUTION.

DEFENCE & LIFE-SPAN• DEFENCE: THEY SIGNIFY AGGRESSION

BY LOWERING THEIR HEADS AND STARING AT THEIR OPPONENTS. AT A CLOSE RANGE, AGGRESTION IS SIGNALED BY A SWIPE WITH A PAW, OR BY LOW-PITCH GROWLE OR BARK.

• LIFE-SPAIN: IT IS KNOW THAT THEY CAN LIVE ANYWHERE FROM 20-30 YEARS IN CAPTIVE.

HISTORY• THE GIANT PANDA IS ALSO KNOW AS THE

PANDA BEAR, BAMBOO BEAR, OR IN CHINESE, THE “LARGE BEAR CAT”.

• IN THE SECOND CENTERY AD THE GIANT PANDA WAS A RARE SEMI-SIVINE ANIMAL INSIDE CHINA.

• SCIENTIST DEBATED FOR MORE THEN A CENTERY WHETHER THE GIANT PANDA BELONGS TO THE BEAR FAMILY OF THEIR OWN.

SOURCES:•http://www. Bearplanet.org•http://www. Facts-about.org•http://www.

Library.thinkquest.org•http://www.

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