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Su Lin

Studbook #1 苏琳
deceased male Generation 0

Su Lin (苏琳, studbook 001) was the first giant panda ever brought to the United States. Captured in the wilds of Wenchuan, Sichuan in 1936 by American socialite Ruth Harkness, she was smuggled out of China disguised as a "peculiar Pekingese dog." After public exhibition at Chicago's Brookfield Zoo, she died in 1938 from pneumonia after swallowing a stick. Her mounted specimen is displayed at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

Identity Information

Core Identifiers

  • Studbook Number #1
  • Entity ID panda:1
  • Generation 0 (0–99)
  • Slug su-lin-001

Family Connections

  • Siblings 0
  • Children 0

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