Xi Lan

Xi Lan is a male giant panda born on 2008-07-29 at Atlanta Zoo. He is registered as studbook number 806 in the global giant panda studbook system, which tracks individual captive giant pandas to support coordinated breeding management. His birth marked a successful outcome of the collaborative giant panda conservation program between Chinese and U.S. wildlife institutions. He is the offspring of Tian Tian and Lun Lun, both adult giant pandas on long-term loan from China to Atlanta Zoo at the time of his birth. Both of his parents are registered in the international giant panda studbook, with his father holding studbook number 591 and his mother holding studbook number 592. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, he participates in the base’s captive giant panda breeding and public education programs. The Chengdu Research Base is a leading Chinese institution focused on giant panda conservation, captive breeding, and habitat restoration research. As a giant panda born through international cooperative conservation, Xi Lan helps raise global public awareness of giant panda protection. He displays typical giant panda foraging behaviors, spending most of his daily time consuming bamboo. His cross-institutional life story highlights the success of global collaborative efforts to conserve endangered giant panda populations.