What it eats: Bamboo
The first officially recorded brown Qinling panda — a female named Dandan — was found in 1985 in Foping County in Shaanxi province by a local ranger and taken to Qinling Wildlife Zoo. She remained in captivity until her death in 2000. By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.Research suggests Qinling pandas may have genetically separated from giant pandas from the Sichuan region around 300,000 years ago. And while most Qinling pandas are black and white, scientists were baffled as to why some of the subspecies have brown fur.But in 2024, scientists published a study in PNAS revealing brown Qinling pandas exist thanks to a genetic quirk.