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It has the teeth, stomach, and intestines of a carnivore, but this bear evolved to live almost entirely on bamboo. The panda’s specialized wristbone helps it grasp thick plant stalks.
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- Title: Giant panda
- Location: Wen Chuan, Sichuan, China, Asia
- Type: Taxidermy Specimen
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- USNM Catalog Number(s): 259027
- Scientific Name: <i>Ailuropoda melanoleuca</i>
- Photo Credit: David F. Schmidt, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Field: Vertebrate Zoology
- Date Collected: 1934-02-01
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