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Rou Rou

梅兰

Rou Rou is a female giant panda born on 2016-05-29 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Registered under studbook number 1028, she is a healthy adult member of the captive giant panda population managed by Chinese conservation authorities. She is the offspring of Xi Lan, studbook 649, and Cheng Cheng, studbook 522. Both of her parents are long-term captive residents of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, with well-documented pedigrees within the global giant panda studbook system. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, she participates in the base’s public education and captive breeding programs for endangered giant pandas. The base’s semi-natural enclosures support her natural foraging and resting behaviors while allowing controlled visitor access. As a popular captive giant panda, Rou Rou is known for her active, curious temperament, and she has a large public following on Chinese social media. Her participation in breeding programs supports genetic diversity goals for the species, which is classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, highlighting the role of captive facilities in global giant panda conservation.