Bamboo bear vs clustered lady's mantle

Ailuropoda melanoleuca compared with Alchemilla glomerulans

Key Differences

Bamboo bear is Vulnerable while clustered lady's mantle is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bamboo bear	clustered lady's mantle
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Carnivora (식육목)	Rosales (장미목)
Family	Ursidae (Bears)	Rosaceae (Rose Family)
Genus	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)	Alchemilla
Species	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Alchemilla glomerulans

Conservation Status

Bamboo bear

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

clustered lady's mantle

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bamboo bear	clustered lady's mantle
Diet	Herbivore	—
Average Lifespan	20 years	—
Average Length	1.5 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.

clustered lady's mantle

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Found across Europe (5 countries) and North America (Canada).

Bamboo bear

자이언트판다(Ailuropoda melanoleuca)는 중국 중부 산지 대나무 숲에 서식하는 흑백의 상징적인 곰으로, 몸무게는 최대 125kg에 달하며 하루 최대 14시간을 대나무 섭취에 소비합니다. 식육목에 속함에도 불구하고 식이의 99%가 대나무이며 대나무 줄기를 잡기 위한 위족지(의사 엄지)를 가집니다. 성공적인 보전 및 번식 프로그램 덕분에 2016년 위기(EN)에서 취약(VU)으로 하향 조정되었습니다.

clustered lady's mantle

Alchemilla glomerulans, the clustered lady's mantle, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Rosaceae native to northern Europe and subarctic regions, including Scandinavia, Iceland, the British Isles, and alpine habitats in central Europe. Like all Alchemilla species, it produces rounded, palmately lobed leaves with a distinctive pleated surface texture and water-repellent properties that cause morning dew and rain to bead into droplets, held in the leaf center—a phenomenon that has historically been associated with alchemical associations with pure water. The small yellow-green flowers are apomictic in Alchemilla, meaning seeds develop without fertilization, which simplifies reproduction but limits genetic recombination. A. glomerulans grows in damp grasslands, mountain meadows, streamsides, and moist tundra habitats, often at higher elevations and latitudes. The species is classified as Least Concern by the IUCN, being locally common across its northern and alpine range. Alchemilla species have long been used in herbal medicine, particularly in treating wounds and gynecological conditions, with A. vulgaris (common lady's mantle) being the most widely used species.