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Qin Yun

秦云

Qin Yun is a male giant panda born on 2023-11-10 at Qinling Wildlife Park. This male giant panda is registered under studbook number 1392 in the China National Giant Panda Studbook, and remains alive as of 2024. He is the offspring of Qin Qin and Yun Na, both resident giant pandas at Qinling Wildlife Park. Both parents are native to the Qinling Mountains, a distinct northern habitat for wild giant pandas. Currently living at Qinling Wildlife Park in Shaanxi Province, China, he participates in the captive breeding program for the Qinling subspecies of giant panda. The program is managed by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. As a Qinling giant panda, Qin Yun exhibits the smaller, rounder skull characteristic of this subspecies. He is a popular attraction for domestic visitors to Shaanxi, supporting local conservation education. His birth boosts the genetic diversity of the captive Qinling giant panda population, supporting long-term conservation efforts for the vulnerable subspecies.