MY MAMMAL PRESENTATION

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MY MAMMAL PRESENTATION
GIANA PARDEE
PANDA BEAR
9TH PERIOD.
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KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
PHYLUM: CHORDATA
CLASS: MAMMALIA
ORDER: CARNIVORA
FAMILY: URSIDAE
GENUS: AILUROPODA
SPEICES: AMELANOLEUCA
DIMENSISONS
• LENGTH: FROM 120 TO 190 CENTIMETERS.
• HEIGHT: FULLLY GROWN MAY REACH
ABOUT 20-25 INCHES
• WEIGHT: THEY MAY WEIGH OVER 200
POUNDS (90KG)
HABITAT:
• PANDA BEARS PREFER TO LIVE IN THE
COLD, DAMP CONIFEROUS FORESTS
BETWEEN 4000 AND 11,000 FT. IN
ELEVATION.
• ENVIRONMENT: THEY LIVE IN THE WILD,
PLACES WHERE BAMBOO GROWS,(1600
SPESCIMANS, PLUS 10% IN ZOOS)
DIET
• MEAT: EVEN THE GIANT PANDA BEAR
WILL EAT A LITTLE BIT OF MEAT BUT
THEIR MAIN DIET IS BAMBOO.
• PLANTS: THEY EAT MANLY LEAVES,
STENS, AND SOME BAMBOO SPECIES,
ADULTS CAN EAT ABOUT 10 TO 12
HOURS A DAY.
FAMILY LIFE
• NUMBER BORN: THEY USUALLY HAVE
ABOUT 1-3 CUBS
• GESTATION: THE AVERAGE PANDA BEARS
GESTATION IS ABOUT 135 DAYS AND THE
LATEST GESTATION IS ABOUT 160 DAYS.
• WHEN BORN: THEY USUALLY GIVE BIRTH
IN THE WINTER.
SOCIAL BEHAVIOR & SHELTER
• SOCIAL BEHAVIOR: THEY AVOID DIRECT
CONTACT WITH OTHERS OF THEIR OWN
KIND.
• SHELTER: THEY LIVE IN THE WILD,
PANDAS USE HOLLOWED OUT TREES,
CAVES, OR EVEN THE THICKEST OF
BAMBOO.
CHARACTERISTICS
• TEMPERAMENT: THEY ARNT VERY SHY BUT
THEY LIKE TO LIVE ALONE WHERE THEY
FEEL UNDISTURBED BY OTHERS.
• UNIQUE BEHAVIOR: PANDAS ARE LONERS,
ALTHOUGH THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN
CARNIVOROUS AT SOME POINT IN THEIR
EVOLUTION.
DEFENCE & LIFE-SPAN
• DEFENCE: THEY SIGNIFY AGGRESSION BY
LOWERING THEIR HEADS AND STARING AT
THEIR OPPONENTS. AT A CLOSE RANGE,
AGGRESTION IS SIGNALED BY A SWIPE
WITH A PAW, OR BY LOW-PITCH GROWLE
OR BARK.
• LIFE-SPAIN: IT IS KNOW THAT THEY CAN
LIVE ANYWHERE FROM 20-30 YEARS IN
CAPTIVE.
HISTORY
• THE GIANT PANDA IS ALSO KNOW AS THE
PANDA BEAR, BAMBOO BEAR, OR IN CHINESE,
THE “LARGE BEAR CAT”.
• IN THE SECOND CENTERY AD THE GIANT PANDA
WAS A RARE SEMI-SIVINE ANIMAL INSIDE CHINA.
• SCIENTIST DEBATED FOR MORE THEN A
CENTERY WHETHER THE GIANT PANDA
BELONGS TO THE BEAR FAMILY OF THEIR OWN.
SOURCES:
• http://www. Bearplanet.org
• http://www. Facts-about.org
• http://www. Library.thinkquest.org
• http://www. Pandaexpress.com