Bamboo bear vs coigue

Ailuropoda melanoleuca compared with Nothofagus dombeyi

Key Differences

Bamboo bear is Vulnerable while coigue is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bamboo bear	coigue
Kingdom	Animalia (동물)	Plantae (식물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Magnoliophyta (피자식물문)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Magnoliopsida (목련강)
Order	Carnivora (식육목)	Fagales (참나무목)
Family	Ursidae (Bears)	Nothofagaceae
Genus	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)	Nothofagus
Species	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Nothofagus dombeyi

Conservation Status

Bamboo bear

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

coigue

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bamboo bear	coigue
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.

coigue

Habitat

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

Range

Found in Ireland.

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.

coigue

Coigue (Nothofagus dombeyi) is a large, evergreen or semi-deciduous tree in the southern beech family Nothofagaceae, one of the most ecologically dominant tree species of the Valdivian temperate rainforest of Chile and Argentina. Trees can exceed 40 metres in height with massive trunks and broad, rounded crowns clothed in small, dark green, toothed leaves. Unlike many southern beeches, N. dombeyi retains much of its foliage through winter, making it an important year-round canopy component in the cool, wet forests of the Chilean lake district and Andean foothill zones, from approximately 35°S to 47°S latitude. The species commonly grows in association with other Nothofagus species, Laurelia, Podocarpus, bamboo (Chusquea), and various tree ferns in the highly diverse Valdivian floristic province. Coigue timber is used for construction, furniture, and fuel in Chilean forestry, and the species is planted in reforestation programmes. Ecologically, it is a keystone canopy component supporting a rich diversity of epiphytes, birds, and invertebrates. Nothofagus dombeyi is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN given its abundance across large areas of native Chilean and Argentine forests, though these forests face ongoing threats from agricultural expansion, logging, and invasive alien species.