Ailuropoda melanoleuca

The Panda or Panda Bear is a famous animal known for it being a symbol of China and endangered species. It is currently found only in some mountainous bamboo forests of China due to habitat loss and the hunting for their pelts. They used to be found as far as what is now Myanmar and Vietnam. Despite it currently being a symbol of China, there is not much known history of how Chinese people interacted with the animal. Pandas have nearly no medical uses, with them mostly being reserved to indigenous people that knew it well. Panda fur kept ghosts away and allowed more future premonition, while its urine dissolved "needles stuck in the throat". As a result there wasn't and isn't much of a demand for their products in the greater China area.

There is a note that to some they may have been too precious to kill, even in ancient times. It is found with some royalty, such as in a zoo or in a crypt. However, it is almost never found in ancient art. There are various mentions of mythological monsters possibly having been the panda, but only debatedly.

There are two subspecies, each being a different color: white with black markings and light grayish brown with darker brown markings. The former, the more famous type, is A. m. melanoleuca; the Giant Panda. The latter, the Qinling Panda, is dubbed A. m. qinlingensis. They have two thumbs for grasping bamboo, which they almost exclusively eat. They cannot taste savory flavors.