In China the barrel-shaped panda is called “baixiong” (“white bear”), but the black markings give this animal a two-toned look.
High Risk
The panda is at high risk for extinction; its kind (or species) is endangered. There are very few giant pandas alive in the wild today.
FUN FACT
The giant panda has a very limited diet—it survives almost entirely on bamboo! It eats the shoots of this grasslike plant in the spring, leaves in the summer, and stems in the winter.