Panda Gigante vs Brown Fruit Rot

Ailuropoda melanoleuca compared with Monilinia fructicola

Key Differences

Panda Gigante is Vulnerable while Brown Fruit Rot is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Panda Gigante	Brown Fruit Rot
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Fungi (Fungi)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Leotiomycetes (Leotiomycetes)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Helotiales (Helotiales)
Family	Ursidae (Bears)	Sclerotiniaceae
Genus	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)	Monilinia
Species	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Monilinia fructicola

Conservation Status

Panda Gigante

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Brown Fruit Rot

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Panda Gigante	Brown Fruit Rot
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	20 years	—
Average Length	1.5 m	—
Average Weight	100.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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.

Brown Fruit Rot

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Found across Europe (8 countries).

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.

Brown Fruit Rot

The Brown Fruit Rot (Monilinia fructicola) is a species in the genus Monilinia. Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region. Found across Europe (8 countries). As a member of the Monilinia genus, this species contributes to biodiversity in its native range.