Bamboo bear vs Glaucous Crystalwort

Ailuropoda melanoleuca compared with Riccia glauca

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bamboo bear	Glaucous Crystalwort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Marchantiophyta (hepáticas)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Marchantiopsida (Marchantiopsida)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Marchantiales (Marchantiales)
Family	Ursidae (Bears)	Ricciaceae
Genus	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)	Riccia
Species	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Riccia glauca

Conservation Status

Bamboo bear

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Glaucous Crystalwort

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bamboo bear	Glaucous Crystalwort
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.

Glaucous Crystalwort

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, tundra, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Oceanian realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Taiwan), Europe (6 countries), and Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Bamboo bear

O panda-gigante (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) é um animal emblemático da China, célebre pela sua pelagem branca e preta e pela dieta baseada quase exclusivamente em bambu. Seu estado de conservação é vulnerável (VU), é o animal-bandeira da conservação internacional da vida silvestre e sua população apresentou alguma recuperação nos últimos anos.