giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Su_Lin_giant_panda_bear_cub_at_the_San_Diego_Zoo.jpg
The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally "black and white cat-foot"; Chinese: 大熊猫; literally "big bear cat"), also known as panda bear or simply panda, is a bear native to south central China. The giant panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, mainly in Sichuan province, but also in neighbouring Shaanxi and Gansu.
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Family: Ursidae
Subfamily: Ailuropodinae
Genus: Ailuropoda
Species: Ailuropoda melanoleuca David, 1869