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Xiao Shuang

小双

Xiao Shuang is a male giant panda born on 1997-09-01 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. He is registered under studbook number 454 in the global international giant panda studbook system, which tracks and manages the captive giant panda population across all participating facilities. He is the offspring of Pan Pan and Ya Ya. Both parents are established captive giant pandas that contributed extensively to the early development of China’s captive giant panda breeding program at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, he participates in the base’s public education and captive breeding programs for the species. The Chengdu base manages one of the largest captive giant panda populations in the world, working to support long-term species recovery. As an older captive-born giant panda, Xiao Shuang displays the characteristic bamboo-feeding behavioral traits of his species, and is a popular attraction for domestic and international visitors to the Chengdu base. His survival demonstrates the success of early captive breeding efforts for giant pandas, which have supported the species’ downlisting from Endangered to Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.