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The '''Giant Panda''', or the '''Chinese panda''' ''(Ailuropoda melanoleuca)'', is a [[bear]].<ref name="Scheff Duncan">{{cite book |last=Scheff |first=Duncan |title=Giant Pandas |edition= illustrated |series=Animals of the rain forest |year=2002 |publisher= Heinemann-Raintree Library |isbn=0-7398-5529-8 |page=7}}</ref><ref name="Lindburg, Donald G.; Baragona, Karen 2004">{{cite book |author=Lindburg, Donald G.; Baragona, Karen|title=Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation |publisher=University of California Press|year=2004|isbn=0-520-23867-2|oclc= }}</ref> It lives in south central [[China]].<ref name="iucn"/> | The '''Giant Panda''', or the '''Chinese panda''' ''(Ailuropoda melanoleuca)'', is a [[bear]].<ref name="Scheff Duncan">{{cite book |last=Scheff |first=Duncan |title=Giant Pandas |edition= illustrated |series=Animals of the rain forest |year=2002 |publisher= Heinemann-Raintree Library |isbn=0-7398-5529-8 |page=7}}</ref><ref name="Lindburg, Donald G.; Baragona, Karen 2004">{{cite book |author=Lindburg, Donald G.; Baragona, Karen|title=Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation |publisher=University of California Press|year=2004|isbn=0-520-23867-2|oclc= }}</ref> It lives in south central [[China]].<ref name="iucn"/> Within the [[People's Republic of China (PRC)]] it is the designate '''National animal of the Han [[People's Republic of China]]'''{{refn|name=Gcounts|group=n|''“The Official designated National animal and Awarded faunae emblem of the [[People's Republic of China (PRC)]]” respectively''}}. | ||
[[Image:Mapa distribuicao Ailuropoda melanoleuca.png|thumb|Habitat of the '''Giant panda''' in [[China]].]] | [[Image:Mapa distribuicao Ailuropoda melanoleuca.png|thumb|Habitat of the '''Giant panda''' in [[China]].]] | ||
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The Giant Panda, or the Chinese panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), is a bear.[1][2] It lives in south central China.[3] Within the People's Republic of China (PRC) it is the designate National animal of the Han People's Republic of China[n 1].

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References
- ↑ Scheff, Duncan (2002). Giant Pandas. Animals of the rain forest (illustrated ed.). Heinemann-Raintree Library. p. 7. ISBN 0-7398-5529-8.
- ↑ Lindburg, Donald G.; Baragona, Karen (2004). Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-23867-2.
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- ↑ “The Official designated National animal and Awarded faunae emblem of the People's Republic of China (PRC)” respectively