Panda Archive

Jin Ke

金柯

Jin Ke is a male giant panda born on 2012-08-25 at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. His studbook number is 1053, and he remains alive as of the latest documented records. As a giant panda native to China’s Sichuan province, his early development was tracked by base researchers as part of long-term captive breeding monitoring. He is the offspring of giant pandas Bing Xing and Ji Mei. Both parents are long-term captive residents at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, with documented lineages tracing back to wild Sichuan giant panda populations. This lineage is recorded in the international giant panda studbook maintained by global conservation organizations. Currently living at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, he participates in the base’s public education and captive breeding research programs. He is one of the giant pandas featured in the base’s visitor education areas, where researchers monitor his behavior and health to inform broader captive management practices. As a captive-bred giant panda, Jin Ke shows typical species traits, including a diet consisting almost entirely of bamboo and a generally sedentary activity pattern. He contributes to public awareness of giant panda conservation, and supports research into captive giant panda health and welfare, adding to global knowledge of the species’ management. Giant pandas remain a global flagship species for conservation, and Jin Ke’s participation in breeding programs supports long-term species survival goals.