Giant pandas are called "tapirs" in China ancient books. The giant panda is a rare animal unique to China and the most famous endangered animal in the world. More than two thousand years ago, in the book Erya in the early Han Dynasty, it was recorded that "tapirs are black and reject bamboo". Sima Xiangru, a famous writer in Han Dynasty, listed nearly 40 rare animals raised in Shanglinyuan, Xianyang at that time, and the giant panda ranked first, which shows that the giant panda was regarded as a precious and famous animal in ancient times.
The giant panda is the only mammal belonging to Carnivora, Xiong Ke, Giant Panda Subsubfamily and Giant Panda. Giant pandas have lived on the earth for at least 8 million years and are known as "living fossils" and "national treasures of China". It is the image ambassador of WWF and the flagship species of global biodiversity conservation.
The giant panda is a unique species in China, and its main existing habitats are mountainous areas in China, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu.