Macaca Del Himalaya vs Panda Gigante

Macaca assamensis compared with Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Key Differences

• Macaca Del Himalaya is Near Threatened while Panda Gigante is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Macaca Del Himalaya	Panda Gigante
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (cordados)	Chordata (cordados)
Class same	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Mammalia (mamíferos)
Order	Primates (Primates)	Carnivora (carnívoros)
Family	Cercopithecidae (Old World Monkeys)	Ursidae (Bears)
Genus	Macaca	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)
Species	Macaca assamensis	Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Evolutionary Relationship

Macaca Del Himalaya and Panda Gigante share a common ancestor at the Class level: Mammalia. (mamíferos)

Conservation Status

Macaca Del Himalaya

NT — Near Threatened

Panda Gigante

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Macaca Del Himalaya	Panda Gigante
Diet	—	Herbivore
Average Lifespan	—	20 years
Average Length	—	1.5 m
Average Weight	—	100.0 kg

Habitat & Geographic Range

Macaca Del Himalaya

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Panda Gigante

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, temperate coniferous forests, and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, among 7 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in China. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Macaca Del Himalaya

The Assam Macaque (Macaca assamensis) is a species in the genus Macaca. It is currently classified as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Panda Gigante

El panda gigante (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) es un animal emblemático de China, célebre por su pelaje blanco y negro y su dieta basada casi exclusivamente en bambú. Su estado de conservación es vulnerable (VU), es el animal bandera de la conservación internacional de la vida silvestre, y su población ha experimentado cierta recuperación en los últimos años.