Panda Archive

Yi Yi

谊谊

Yi Yi is a female giant panda born on 2021-05-31 at Malaysia Zoo. Her studbook number is 1545, and she is recognized as a registered giant panda in global captive breeding records. Her birth marked the third successful giant panda birth at Malaysia Zoo, following the births of her older siblings Nuan Nuan and Xing Xing. She is the offspring of Xing Xing (studbook 906) and Liang Liang (studbook 915). Both of her parents are giant pandas on long-term loan from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, under a bilateral giant panda conservation cooperation agreement between China and Malaysia. Currently living at Malaysia Zoo, she participates in the international captive breeding program for giant pandas coordinated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The program aims to maintain a genetically diverse, sustainable captive population of the species, while supporting public education about giant panda ecology and conservation. As a young giant panda, Yi Yi displays typical foraging behavior, spending up to 12 hours a day feeding on bamboo. She is a major cultural attraction for Malaysian domestic and international tourists, raising widespread public awareness of threatened species protection. Her birth demonstrates the success of cross-border giant panda conservation collaboration.