The giant panda is a mammal. It lives in cool, misty mountain forests in China. Its home is full of trees.
The giant panda eats bamboo. It spends up to 14 hours a day eating.
The giant panda has an extra thumb-like wrist bone. This helps it grip bamboo stalks. It is about 1.5 meters long.
Baby giant pandas are called cubs. A newborn cub is pink, blind and about the size of a stick of butter.