Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David 1869)

[Ursus] melanoleucus David 1869, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, Bull., 5: 13-Dec.

Type Locality: "Mou-pin" [China, Sichuan Sheng, Baoxing (=Moupin) 30°23'N, 102°50'E].

Vernacular Names: Giant Panda.

Distribution: China (Sichuan, Shensi, Gansu; perhaps Qinghai, on E edge of Tibetan plateau).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; U.S. ESA – Endangered; IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Regarded by Hendey (1980 a, b) as the only surviving species in the subfamily Agriotheriinae . Placed in the monotypic family Ailuropodidae by Thenius (1979). Reviewed by Chorn and Hoffmann (1978).