Yuan Bao
圆宝
6 years old
Taipei Zoo
Yuan Bao (圆宝, "Round Baby") is a female giant panda born June 28, 2020 at Taipei Zoo — the second cub of the famous cros...
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Taipei Zoo
zoo Taipei, Taiwan
Taipei Zoo, located in Wenshan District of Taipei, Taiwan, is the oldest and largest zoological institution in Taiwan, originally established as the Maruyama Zoo during the Japanese colonial period in 1914 before relocating to its current site in 1986. As a member of the Southeast Asian Zoos and Aquariums Association, it manages a 165-hectare campus that hosts more than 2,000 individuals of 300 species, including critically endangered taxa such as Ailuropoda melanoleuca (giant panda), Panthera tigris amoyensis (South China tiger), and Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle), with its conservation work overseen by the Taipei City Government Department of Information and Tourism. The zoo’s most famous residents, giant pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, arrived in 2008 under a cross-strait cultural exchange agreement, and their 2013 cub Yuan Zai became the first giant panda successfully born and raised in Taiwan, a joint achievement with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant
Taipei Zoo houses giant pandas under international loan agreement with the China Conservation and Research Center, as part of the cooperative panda diplomacy and ex-situ conservation network.
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Pandas connected to this place
4 pandas recorded
Currently at Taipei Zoo
The pandas currently recorded at this institution.
Yuan Yuan
圆圆
22 years old
Taipei Zoo
Yuan Yuan (圆圆, studbook #587) is the female half of the famous cross-strait panda pair "Tuan Yuan" (团团圆圆), gifted to Tai...
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Yuan Zai
圆仔
13 years old
Taipei Zoo
Yuan Zai (圆仔) is a female giant panda born July 6, 2013 at Taipei Zoo — the first giant panda ever born in Taiwan. Daugh...
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Pandas whose birth place is recorded as Taipei Zoo.
Yuan Bao
圆宝
6 years old
Taipei Zoo
Yuan Bao (圆宝, "Round Baby") is a female giant panda born June 28, 2020 at Taipei Zoo — the second cub of the famous cros...
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圆仔
13 years old
Taipei Zoo
Yuan Zai (圆仔) is a female giant panda born July 6, 2013 at Taipei Zoo — the first giant panda ever born in Taiwan. Daugh...
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Pandas that were once linked to this institution.
Tuan Tuan
团团
22 years old
Taipei Zoo
Tuan Tuan (团团, studbook #588) was the male half of the iconic cross-strait panda pair "Tuan Yuan," gifted to Taiwan in 2...
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Recorded moments
Archive timeline at Taipei Zoo
2026
Aug 30
Yuan Yuan's 22nd Birthday Celebration
Yuan Yuan turns 22 with a "22"-shaped sugarcane candle, an ice bowl of carrot chunks and grapes, and a little-train themed cake. Now a senior panda, she is under Taipei Zoo's dedicated senior-care program.
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Jul 6
Yuan Zai's 13th Birthday World Cup Celebration
Yuan Zai's 13th birthday was livestreamed to over 400 fans with a World Cup themed "cake" — a bamboo-leaf pitch, ice football, sugarcane goal, and a carrot-and-apple championship trophy.
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Jun 28
Yuan Bao's 6th Birthday Space Party
Even with the zoo closed for annual maintenance, Yuan Bao's 6th birthday was celebrated online with bamboo, shaved ice, apple, sugarcane, kiwi, carrot and corn, plus a "space adventure" themed art installation.
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Jun 28
Yuan Yuan gives birth to third cub
Yuan Yuan gave birth to her third daughter at 1:53 PM, weighing 186 grams with a strong cry. Conceived via artificial insemination guided remotely by CCRCGP experts.
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Nov 19
Tuan Tuan euthanized after repeated seizures
After a series of 7 seizures over two days, Tuan Tuan was euthanized under anesthesia. Necropsy confirmed gemistocytic astrocytoma — a primary malignant brain tumor.
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Oct 26
Tuan Tuan diagnosed with brain tumor
A second MRI revealed an expanding lesion in Tuan Tuan's brain, with malignant tumor highly suspected. Mainland Chinese experts arrived on November 1 and agreed on palliative care.
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Dec 29
Yuan Bao Makes Public Debut
Yuan Bao made her first public appearance at Taipei Zoo at 6 months old, weighing 22.5 kg, after completing quarantine observation.
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Jun 28
2020
Jun 28
Birth of Yuan Bao
Yuan Bao was born at Taipei Zoo, the second daughter of cross-strait pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, continuing the "圆" family name tradition.
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Dec 23
Tuan Tuan receives world's first titanium dental crown
After fracturing his left upper canine, Tuan Tuan received a custom titanium dental crown — the first ever fitted on a giant panda. The procedure marked a milestone in wildlife veterinary dentistry.
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Further reading on Taipei Zoo
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Culture 📚 general
Where Pandas Live: The Complete Global Distribution Guide
The giant panda diaspora spans 58 locations across continents — from the misty bamboo forests of Sichuan to climate-controlled enclosures in Singapore, from mountain reserves that shelter free-ranging pandas to urban zoos that host celebrities. This article provides the definitive guide to panda geography: where they live, why they're there, what the distribution reveals about conservation history, and how the map has changed from 1869 to today.
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Culture 📚 general
Behind Every Name: The Art and Meaning of Naming Giant Pandas
From 'Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan' (symbolizing reunion) to 'Fu Bao' (lucky treasure), every giant panda name carries layers of cultural meaning, political significance, and public sentiment. This article explores the naming traditions, the global naming contests, and how panda nicknames — like Hua Hua's 'Guo Lai' — have become a unique form of modern Chinese internet folk culture.
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naming culture tradition
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Featured
Culture 📚 general
80 Years of Panda Diplomacy: From Wartime Gifts to Global Research Loans
Trace the transformation of giant panda diplomacy from 1941, when Soong Mei-ling gifted the first pandas to America, through the landmark 1972 Nixon-era exchange, to today's international research loan agreements that channel millions of dollars annually into wild habitat conservation. This is the untold story of how a reclusive mountain bear became the world's most powerful diplomatic animal.
2 pandas
diplomacy history panda-loan
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Where this place sits in the wider panda world
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Coordinates: 24.9983 N, 121.5811 E
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About Taipei Zoo
Taipei Zoo, located in Wenshan District of Taipei, Taiwan, is the oldest and largest zoological institution in Taiwan, originally established as the Maruyama Zoo during the Japanese colonial period in 1914 before relocating to its current site in 1986. As a member of the Southeast Asian Zoos and Aquariums Association, it manages a 165-hectare campus that hosts more than 2,000 individuals of 300 species, including critically endangered taxa such as Ailuropoda melanoleuca (giant panda), Panthera tigris amoyensis (South China tiger), and Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle), with its conservation work overseen by the Taipei City Government Department of Information and Tourism. The zoo’s most famous residents, giant pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, arrived in 2008 under a cross-strait cultural exchange agreement, and their 2013 cub Yuan Zai became the first giant panda successfully born and raised in Taiwan, a joint achievement with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant