Big panda or bamboo bear [ 1] (Latin Ailuropoda melanoleuca) - mammal of the family bear [2 ] [3] with a distinctive black and white coloring wool having some signs of raccoons. Only modern species of the genus of the subfamily Ailuropus Ailuropodinae. Pandas live in the mountainous regions of central China : Sichuan and Tibet. Since the second half of XX century panda has become something of a national emblem of China.Chinese name (熊猫 xióngmāo syunmao ) means " bear - cat ." Its western name derives from a small panda . Previously, he was also called gummy bears (Ailuropus melanoleucus).It is interesting that there is a family Pandovyh (Ailuridae) where this species is not included. Thus , despite its Western name, Giant Panda panda is not formally .