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Xing An

星安

alive female Born August 5, 2013

Xing An (星安, #880) is a female giant panda born August 5, 2013 at Ya'an Bifengxia — twin sister of Xing Ya (#879), daughter of Yuan Yuan (#488) and Zhuang Mei (#712). Moved to Jiangsu's Nanshan Zhuhai in 2016; lifelong Mercedes-Benz adoptee, nicknamed "Benz Eldest Miss" (奔驰大小姐).

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Birth date

August 5, 2013

Birth place

Ya'an Bifengxia Base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda

Current location

Unknown

Status

Alive

Studbook

#880

Archive activity

2 updates · 0 media

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Xing An (星安, #880) is a female giant panda born August 5, 2013 at Ya'an Bifengxia — twin sister of Xing Ya (#879), daughter of Yuan Yuan (#488) and Zhuang Mei (#712). Moved to Jiangsu's Nanshan Zhuhai in 2016; lifelong Mercedes-Benz adoptee, nicknamed "Benz Eldest Miss" (奔驰大小姐).

⚠️ Not Xing An (兴安, #1090): This page is Xing An (星安, #880) — a female born 2013-08-05 at Ya’an Bifengxia, twin of the Netherlands male Xing Ya (星雅, #879). The panda Xing An (兴安, #1090) — the grumpy-faced “Zhen Bu Gao Xing” grandson of Bai Yun and Gao Gao — is a different individual born 2017-07-30 at Wolong Shenshuping: Xing An (兴安, #1090).

⚠️ Number correction (2026-09): #880 previously held a contradictory template stub page named “Ba Te (巴特)” — rewritten. Ba Te’s true number is #1109: see Ba Te (巴特, #1109).

Basic Profile

Xing An (Chinese: 星安), studbook number 880, is a female giant panda born on August 5, 2013 at the Ya’an Bifengxia Base in Sichuan, China.

Her father is Yuan Yuan (园园, studbook 488) and her mother is Zhuang Mei (壮妹, studbook 712) — the same parents as her twin brother Xing Ya (星雅, #879), who has lived at Ouwehands Zoo in the Netherlands since April 2017.

Siblings

  • Xing Ya (星雅, #879) — twin brother, Netherlands male
  • Jin Bao Bao (金宝宝, #941)
  • Chu Xin (初心, #1020)
  • Xiao He Tao (小核桃, #1019)

Life Journey

  • 2013-08-05: Born at Bifengxia as the twin sister of Xing Ya (#879).
  • 2016-09-30: Transferred to Nanshan Zhuhai (南山竹海), Liyang, Jiangsu Province, together with Hua Li (华丽, #907).
  • Adoption: Selected as a lifelong adoptee by Mercedes-Benz (梅赛德斯-奔驰), earning the nickname “Benz Eldest Miss” (奔驰大小姐).

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Family tree of Xing An Parents Self Yuan Yuan #488 · Father Mother unknown Xing An 星安 #880 ♀ 8 half-siblings 8 paternal · 0 maternal — see Siblings tab
Father Half-siblings (grouped)
Xing An has 8 half-siblings. The majority share the same father, Yuan Yuan , indicating a highly prolific paternal lineage.

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