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Ke Xiao

科小

Ke Xiao is a female giant panda born on 2015-07-26 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is registered as studbook number 956 in the global giant panda studbook managed by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. She is the offspring of Ke Nan (studbook 649) and Xiao Yatou (studbook 569), both captive-bred giant pandas housed at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Her lineage is part of ongoing efforts to maintain genetic diversity in the captive giant panda population. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, she participates in the base’s captive breeding and public education programs. The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is a leading institution for giant panda conservation and research. Ke Xiao displays typical giant panda behavioral traits, including spending most of her day foraging on bamboo and resting. She is a popular attraction for domestic and international visitors to the base, helping raise public awareness of giant panda conservation. As a genetically valuable member of the captive population, she supports species recovery initiatives that have led to the giant panda’s downlisting from Endangered to Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.