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Cang Cang

藏藏

alive male Born August 3, 2012

Cang Cang is a male giant panda born on 2012-08-03 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. He is listed in the international giant panda studbook under registration number 836, and remains alive as of the most recent official population surveys. His dam's identity is unconfirmed in available studbook records. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan Province, he participates in coordinated captive breeding and species monitoring programs run by Chinese wildlife management authorities. The center is one of the world’s leading facilities for giant panda conservation and research. As a healthy captive-bred giant panda, Cang Cang displays typical foraging and resting behaviors associated with the species, consuming mostly bamboo as his primary diet. He contributes to public education about giant panda ecology at the center, and supports the overall conservation goal of maintaining a genetically robust captive population for the species.

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Birth date

August 3, 2012

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China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda

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China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda

Status

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Studbook

#836

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Cang Cang (Chinese: 藏藏) is a male giant panda born on August 3, 2012 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan Province. He is registered in the international giant panda studbook under number 836, a unique identifier used to track captive giant panda lineages globally. His sire is Qin He, a male giant panda with studbook number 730, while his dam’s identity remains unconfirmed in available studbook records. His sire is Qin He (studbook 730).

As of the most recent official population surveys, Cang Cang remains in residence at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, the same facility where he was born. The center is one of the world’s leading institutions dedicated to giant panda research, breeding, and conservation, hosting long-term programs coordinated by Chinese national and provincial wildlife management authorities. Cang Cang participates in both coordinated captive breeding initiatives and ongoing species monitoring efforts, providing researchers with consistent data on giant panda health, behavior, and reproductive patterns.

Cang Cang exhibits typical species-typical behaviors as a healthy adult captive-bred giant panda, with bamboo making up the vast majority of his daily diet, alongside occasional supplementary nutrient provisions provided by facility care teams. Beyond his role in breeding and research, he also contributes to the center’s public education programming, allowing visitors to observe natural giant panda foraging, resting, and social behaviors in a managed setting. His continued health and participation in conservation programs support the broader global goal of maintaining a genetically robust, self-sustaining captive giant panda population, which serves as a critical buffer against risks to wild giant panda populations in their native mountain habitats across southwestern China.

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Cang Cang (Chinese: ??), studbook number 836, is a male giant panda born on August 22, 2011 at the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda (CCRCGP), Wolong, Sichuan. He is the offspring of Qin He (??, sb730).

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Cang Cang was born and raised at the CCRCGP and continues to reside there. He is one of the many pandas bred at the center under the national conservation program.

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Birth Aug 3, 2012

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Father Half-siblings (grouped)

Gan Yu #1100 He Feng #960 Jiao Na #845 Qiao Ke #1048 Qiao Yuan #1044 Qiao Yue Shui Lan #847 Xin Hao Xin Rui #942 Xue Du Xue Qiu #1064 Ya Lun #1089

Cang Cang has 12 half-siblings. The majority share the same father, Qin He , indicating a highly prolific paternal lineage.

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