Giant Pandas l Interesting Facts about Giant Pandas l I Memorybr br #GiantPandas#InterestingFactsaboutGiantPandas#IMemorybr br The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), also known as the panda bear (or simply the panda), is a bearnative to South Central China. It is characterised by its bold black-and-white coat and rotund body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes used to distinguish it from the red panda, a neighboring musteloid. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the giant panda is a folivore, with bamboo shoots and leaves making up more than 99 of its diet.Giant pandas in the wild will occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents, or carrion. In captivity, they may receive honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared food.