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Little extra info on the historical taxonomic debate
[[Image:panda2.jpg|thumb|right|Giant Panda]]
[[Image:panda2.jpg|thumb|right|Giant Panda]]
The '''Giant Panda''', or Panda Bear, is a mammal classified in the [[bear]] family <ref>[http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/PandasForKids/classification/classification.htm Giant Panda classification]</ref>
and is native to central-western and southwestern [[China]]. The giant panda has a diet which is 98% [[bamboo]], with other foods including [[fish]], [[honey]] and [[yams]].{{fact}} The Giant Panda is an [[endangered]] animal, with an estimated 3,000 pandas alive in the wild.
The '''Giant Panda''', or Panda Bear, is a large black and white mammal native to central-western and southwestern [[China]], today classified as a member of the [[bear]] family (''Ursidae'')<ref>[http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/PandasForKids/classification/classification.htm Giant Panda classification]</ref>, though its unusual unbearlike features and habits for a long period consigned it to its own family (the ''Ailuridae'').
The giant panda has a diet which is 98% [[bamboo]], with other foods including [[fish]], [[honey]] and [[yams]].{{fact}} The Giant Panda is an [[endangered]] animal, with an estimated 3,000 pandas alive in the wild, though intensive conservation efforts have been made by the Chinese.
=== Trivia ===
Some [[United Kingdom|British]] [[police]] cars are referred to as panda cars for their black and white markings, others (with a red stripe down their side) are referred to as jam [[sandwich]]es.