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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''', 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'').

Pandas are quite popular in culture, despite their low population. Below are some examples:

Pandas are quite popular in culture, despite their low population. Below are some examples:

In the movie Kung Fu Panda and its two sequels, Po, the protagonist, is a panda.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441773/</ref> The two sequels after the first focus on Po's history with the other pandas, especially reuniting with his biological father and the rest of the village in ''Kung Fu Panda 3''.

Po, the protagonist of the Dreamworks animated film ''Kung Fu Panda'' and its two sequels'', is a panda.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441773/</ref> The two sequels after the first focus on Po's history with the other pandas, especially reuniting with his biological father and the rest of the village in ''Kung Fu Panda 3''.

The fourth expansion of World of Warcraft - Mists of Pandaria - has a race called the Pandaren, which are modeled after Pandas.<ref>http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/mists-of-pandaria/</ref>

The fourth expansion of ''World of Warcraft'' - ''Mists of Pandaria'' - has a race called the Pandaren, which are modeled after Pandas.<ref>http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/mists-of-pandaria/</ref>

The ''Sly Cooper'' games features a panda villain: a member of the Fiendish Five called the Panda King, who had a hand in the murder of Sly Cooper's father. Later on in the first game, Sly defeats the Panda King, saving a local mountain village in the process. The Panda King is revealed to have a daughter in the third game, whom Sly must help rescue from an arrogant warlord.

The ''Sly Cooper'' games features a panda villain: a member of the Fiendish Five called the Panda King, who had a hand in the murder of Sly Cooper's father. Later on in the first game, Sly defeats the Panda King, saving a local mountain village in the process. The Panda King is revealed to have a daughter in the third game, whom Sly must help rescue from an arrogant warlord.

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