Bamboo bear vs Coração-de-negro

Ailuropoda melanoleuca compared with Albizia lebbeck

Key Differences

Bamboo bear is Vulnerable while Coração-de-negro is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bamboo bear	Coração-de-negro
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (carnívoros)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Ursidae (Bears)	Fabaceae
Genus	Ailuropoda (Giant Pandas)	Albizia
Species	Ailuropoda melanoleuca	Albizia lebbeck

Conservation Status

Bamboo bear

VU — Vulnerable

Population: ~1.9K

Trend: Increasing ↑

Coração-de-negro

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bamboo bear	Coração-de-negro
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.

Coração-de-negro

Habitat

Inhabits deserts and xeric shrublands and montane grasslands and shrublands spanning the Afrotropic and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (10 countries), Europe (Norway, Sweden), North America (11 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (4 countries), and South America (7 countries).

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.