Panda Archive

Yin Ke

银柯

Yin Ke is a male giant panda born on 2024-01-01 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. His studbook number is 1407, and he is confirmed to be alive as of 2024. He is the only offspring born to his parents in the 2024 breeding season at the center. He is the offspring of Lu Lu and Ke Ke, both resident giant pandas at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. His father Lu Ke has a studbook number of 646, and his mother Ke Lin has a studbook number of 788, both part of the center’s managed captive breeding program. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan, he participates in the center’s captive breeding and juvenile development monitoring program. The program collects regular data on his growth, diet, and social behavior to inform species management practices for giant pandas across their range. As a young giant panda, Yin Ke displays typical species traits including feeding on bamboo shoots and climbing low tree branches. Giant pandas like him are global symbols of wildlife conservation, and he contributes to the public education work of the China Conservation and Research Center. His birth supports the genetic diversity of the captive giant panda population, advancing long-term conservation goals for the species.