Er Xi

Er Xi is a male giant panda born on 2010-07-26 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. He is registered under studbook number 792 in the global giant panda studbook system, which tracks individual giant pandas for coordinated conservation management. He is the offspring of Xiong Bang, the studbook 461 male giant panda, and Ye Ye, the studbook 547 female giant panda. Both of his parents are native to Sichuan Province, and were born and raised at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Currently living at Jinan Zoo in Shandong Province, he participates in the public education and ex-situ conservation initiatives for the giant panda species. Jinan Zoo hosts regular, fact-based educational programming to introduce giant panda biology to regional visitors. As an adult healthy male giant panda, Er Xi displays typical species traits, including a primarily bamboo-based diet and daily periods of foraging and resting. He is a popular attraction for domestic visitors, and supports the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens’ work to raise public awareness of giant panda conservation success and ongoing habitat protection efforts in central China.