Xuan Xuan

Xuan Xuan is a female giant panda born on 1975-01-01 at wild in the Qinling Mountains of China. She was entered into the international giant panda studbook in 1984, assigned the official studbook number 213. She was captured as a subadult in the wild before being transferred to a foreign institution for permanent display. She is the offspring of two unregistered wild giant pandas, so her parental identities are not recorded in official studbook records. No verified records of her producing offspring exist across all managed populations of giant pandas. Currently living at Chapultepec Zoo, he she participates in the zoo’s public education programs focused on giant panda biology and species conservation. Chapultepec Zoo, located in Mexico City, was one of the first institutions outside China to host a permanent giant panda exhibit starting in the mid-20th century. As one of the few giant pandas to reside in North America during the 1970s, Xuan Xuan introduced millions of Mexican visitors to the species. Her calm, docile temperament made her a popular exhibit animal, helping raise early public awareness of the threats wild giant pandas face from habitat loss. Her placement at Chapultepec Zoo laid early groundwork for cooperative international giant panda conservation efforts.