大熊猫是一种有着独特黑白相间毛色的活泼动物.它的拉丁名：Ailuropoda melanoleuca,指的就是它黑白相间的外表.大熊猫的种属是一个争论了一个世纪的问题,最近的DNA分析表明,现在国际上普遍接受将它列为熊科、大熊猫亚科的分类方法,目前也逐步得到国内的认可.国内传统分类将大熊猫单列为大熊猫科.它代表了熊科的早期分支.成年熊猫长约120~190厘米,体重85到125公斤.独特的特征包括：大而平的臼齿,它的一根腕骨已经发育成了“伪拇指”这都是为了适应以竹子为食的生活.与其他六种熊类不同,大熊猫和太阳熊都没有冬眠行为.

　　大熊猫大熊猫是一种古老的动物,被动物学家称为“活化石”.与它同一时期的动物如剑齿虎等,早已灭绝并成为化石.大熊猫分布在我国四川北部、陕西和甘肃南部,是我国的一类保护动物. 大熊猫学名本来叫“猫熊”,但当时人们念字还是从右往左读,结果“猫熊”成了“熊猫”.现在大家也就将错就错了.熊猫是哺乳动物,身体肥胖,形状像熊但要略小一些,尾巴短,眼睛周围、耳朵、前后肢和肩部是黑色,其余都是白色.毛密而有光泽,耐寒.喜欢吃竹叶、竹笋. 大熊猫居住地带的竹子,曾大面积开花、枯死,威胁着大熊猫的生存.全世界都极其关注珍稀动物大熊猫的抢救和转移工作.

　　大熊猫体型肥硕似熊,憨态可掬,但头圆尾短.头部和身体毛色绝大多数为黑白相间,即鼻吻端、眼圈（呈“八”字排列）、两耳、四肢及肩胛部（横过肩部相连成环带）为黑色,其余即头颈部、躯干和尾为白色.腹部淡棕色或灰黑色.其体长120~180cm；尾长10~20cm,白色；肩高一般为65～70cm；体重60~125kg.前掌除了5个带爪的趾外,还有一个第六趾.背部毛粗而致密,腹部毛细而长.

　　熊猫栖息于长江上游各山系的高山深谷,为东南季风的迎风面,气候温凉潮湿,其湿度常在80°以上,故它们是一种喜湿性动物.它们活动的区域多在坳沟、山腹洼地、河谷阶地等,一般在20°以下的缓坡地形.这些地方土质肥厚,森林茂盛,箭竹生长良好,构成为一个气温相对较为稳定、隐蔽条件良好、食物资源和水源都很丰富的优良食物基地.居住于海拔2400~3500米的高山竹林中.其生活环境湿度很大,温差也比较大.

　　大熊猫大熊猫的食谱非常特殊,几乎包括了在高山地区可以找到的各种竹子,大熊猫也偶尔食肉（通常是动物的尸体,有时也吃竹鼠）.大熊猫独特的食物特性使它被当地人称作“竹熊”.竹子缺乏营养,只能提供生存所需的基本营养,大熊猫逐步进化出了适应这一食谱的特性.在野外,除了睡眠或短距离活动,大熊猫每天取食的时间长达14个小时.一只大熊猫每天进食12~38公斤食物,接近其体重的40%.大熊猫喜欢吃竹子最有营养、含纤维素最少的部分,即嫩茎,嫩芽,和竹笋.大熊猫栖息地通常有至少两种竹子.当一种竹子开花死亡时（竹子每30~120年会周期性地开花死亡）,大熊猫可以转而取食其他的竹子.但是,栖息地破碎化的持续状态增加了栖息地内只有一种竹子的可能,当这种竹子死亡时,这一地区的大熊猫便面临饥饿的威胁.

　　The giant panda is one kind of unique black and white coat of lively animals. Its Latin name, refers to the melanoleuca Ailuropoda: it is black and white appearance. The giant panda species is an argument for a century, the problem of DNA analysis shows that the recent international will now accepted it as XiongKe, panda subfamilies classification method, and gradually gain national recognition. Chinese traditional classification for giant pandas will separate pandas. It represents the XiongKe early branches. Adult pandas grow about 1.9 cm long, 1.2 ~ 85 to 125 kg weight. Unique features include: tai ping molars, it has developed into a wrist "false" the thumb is to adapt to the bamboo of life. And the other six different, pandas and bears no sun bears hibernate behavior.

　　Giant panda is a kind of ancient animals, zoologist was called "living fossil". And it is the same period of animals, such as power, and become extinct. In northern sichuan panda in southern shaanxi and gansu provinces, the class in China, is to protect the animals. Name was called "giant pandas," but when people read the word or from right to left, "read" became a panda "panda". Now everybody also will wrong. Pandas are mammals, body fat, shaped like a bear cage but little short tail, eyes, ears, former hind, shoulders and is black, the rest are white. MaoMi and luster, cold. Like eating bamboo, bamboo shoots. Giant pandas live in large area, bamboo flowering, die, threatening survival of giant pandas. All over the world is rare animal rescues and transfer of giant pandas.

　　Panda is bigger size, but bear and childlike head