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A Giant Panda bear eats bamboo at the Chengdu research base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China, Thursday, July 12, 2007. The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is a mammal classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central-western and southwestern China. The Giant Panda is an endangered species. According to the latest report[3], China has 239 giant pandas in captivity (128 of them in Wolong and 67 in Chengdu) and another 27 pandas living outside the country. It also estimated that around 1,590 pandas are living in the wild.[ (KEYSTONE/Alessandro Della Bella)