Long Fei

Long Fei is a male giant panda born on 1983-01-01 in the wild of the Qinling Mountains. He was entered into the international giant panda studbook in 1988 with the official studbook number 301. This entry formalized his record for global giant panda conservation monitoring. He is the offspring of wild-caught giant panda Long Niao and wild female panda Feng Feng. Both of his parents were part of the early founder population for the Chinese giant panda captive breeding program. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, he participates in the center’s long-term research on giant panda health and captive adaptation. He resided at the center’s Wolong base for most of his adult life, contributing data on wild-born giant pandas’ adjustment to captive conditions. As a wild-born founder individual, Long Fei helped establish the genetic diversity of the center’s captive giant panda population. He was known for his calm disposition around human handlers, and he sired three cubs that contributed to expanding the conservation breeding cohort. His life provided critical early data on integrating wild pandas into captive breeding programs for the species.