Panda Gigante vs Cascarilla

Ailuropoda melanoleuca compared with Cinchona pubescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Panda Gigante	Cascarilla
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Gentianales (Gentianales)
Family	Ursidae (Bears)	Rubiaceae
Genus	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)	Cinchona
Species	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Cinchona pubescens

Conservation Status

Panda Gigante

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Cascarilla

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Panda Gigante	Cascarilla
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.

Cascarilla

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (7 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (Norway), North America (Jamaica, United States), and South America (Bolivia, Colombia). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.