Bamboo bear vs Common bamboo

Ailuropoda melanoleuca compared with Bambusa vulgaris

Key Differences

Bamboo bear is Vulnerable while Common bamboo is Not Evaluated.
Bamboo bear is herbivore while Common bamboo is autotroph.
Common bamboo lives longer (120 years vs 20 years).

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bamboo bear	Common bamboo
Kingdom	Animalia (動物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum	Chordata (脊索動物)	Magnoliophyta (被子植物門)
Class	Mammalia (哺乳類)	Liliopsida (単子葉植物綱)
Order	Carnivora (ネコ目)	Poales (イネ目)
Family	Ursidae (Bears)	Poaceae (Grass Family)
Genus	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)	Bambusa (Bamboo)
Species	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Bambusa vulgaris

Conservation Status

Bamboo bear

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Common bamboo

NE — Not Evaluated

Trend: Stable →

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bamboo bear	Common bamboo
Diet	Herbivore	Autotroph
Average Lifespan	20 years	120 years
Average Length	1.5 m	20.0 m
Average Weight	100.0 kg	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bamboo bear

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.

Common bamboo

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (4 countries), Europe (Italy), North America (9 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (5 countries), and South America (5 countries).

Bamboo bear

ジャイアントパンダ（Ailuropoda melanoleuca）は中国中部の山岳竹林に生息し、体重最大125キログラムになるクマ科の動物で、食肉目に分類されながら食事の99%を竹が占める特異な食性を持つ。偽の親指（橈側種子骨）を使って竹の茎を把握し、1日14時間もの採食時間を費やす。2016年にIUCNレッドリストで絶滅危惧から危急（VU）へ改善されており、保護繁殖プログラムと自然保護区の設置が個体数回復に貢献している。

Common bamboo

世界で最も広く栽培されている竹種の一つであるリュウチク（真竹）は、最適な条件下で1日最大91cmという驚異的な速度で成長し、アジア、アフリカ、アメリカの熱帯・亜熱帯地域に分布します。技術的には樹木ではなく巨大な草であるこの種の稈は20メートルに達し、建設、紙、繊維、食品のための急速更新可能な木材代替品を提供します。竹林に依存するジャイアントパンダを含む野生生物の重要な生息地構成要素です。