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Pandas are not just black and white

2024-03-27 12:55:00, Kuriozitete CNA
Pandas are not just black and white
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With its striking coloring, the giant panda is an instantly recognizable species, the BBC reports.

However, there are some giant pandas that are not black and white. These majestic creatures with white and brown fur inhabit a single mountain range in China. And now, scientists may have solved the mystery of the unusual colors of extremely rare pandas, according to new research.

The work, which involves studying the genetics of multiple pandas in the wild and in captivity, has suggested that pandas with brown and white fur are the result of natural variation, rather than a sign of blood relatedness in a population in decrease.

The first brown panda known to science was a female named Dandan. A local ranger found the sick bear in Foping County in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province in March 1985. The panda was kept in captivity until its death in 2000.

Since Dandan's discovery decades ago, there have been 11 reported sightings documented through official news sources or personal accounts shared with the authors of this latest study that appeared in the journal PNAS on March 4.

"The repeated cases of brown pandas imply that this trait may be hereditary. However, to date, the genetic basis underlying brown and white coloration remains unclear," the authors write.

The giant panda's status as a species is vulnerable, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species./CNA

 

 





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