Bamboo bear vs Whorled Marsh Pennywort

Ailuropoda melanoleuca compared with Hydrocotyle verticillata

Key Differences

Bamboo bear is Vulnerable while Whorled Marsh Pennywort is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bamboo bear	Whorled Marsh Pennywort
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Apiales (Apiales)
Family	Ursidae (Bears)	Araliaceae
Genus	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)	Hydrocotyle
Species	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Hydrocotyle verticillata

Conservation Status

Bamboo bear

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Whorled Marsh Pennywort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bamboo bear	Whorled Marsh Pennywort
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.

Whorled Marsh Pennywort

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Belgium, Spain), North America (Canada, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

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.