Xi Lun

Xi Lun is a female giant panda born on 2016-09-03 at Atlanta Zoo. This giant panda holds studbook number 1090 in the global captive giant panda registry, and was one of two giant panda cubs born at Atlanta Zoo that year. She is the offspring of Yang Guang and Lun Lun. Yang Guang, studbook number 821, and Lun Lun, studbook number 452, were a breeding pair on long-term loan from China to Atlanta Zoo for more than 20 years. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, he she participates in the base’s captive breeding program for endangered giant pandas. Xi Lun was repatriated to China in 2019 along with her brother Ya Lun, following the end of the giant panda loan agreement between Atlanta Zoo and Chinese conservation authorities. As a young, healthy captive-bred giant panda, Xi Lun demonstrates active foraging and climbing behaviors typical of the species. She is a popular attraction for visitors to the Chengdu base, and contributes to the genetic diversity of the global captive giant panda population, supporting ongoing conservation work for this vulnerable species.