Panda’s Evolution

Panda is the most precious animal in the world and we often it panda. Panda becomes our first-grade national protected animal because it is especially scarce. There are two colors on its body. We often call it "China's national treasure". Panda is a unique animal in China. It is a kind of bear. Sichuan Province and Shanxi Province of China is panda's main habitats. Nowadays, approximately 1590 feral pandas live in our world. The grown panda has 120 to 190 centimeters long and its weight is about 85 to 125 kilograms. They eat bamboo to live. People like pandas because of their lovable appearance. When the World Wildlife Fund was established, panda was used as this organization's mark. It has become a definite mark on animal's protection. In addition, it also represents the friendship between China and other countries.
Ailuaractos lufengensis is panda's forefather. Ailuropus is panda's scientific name. It refers to a kind of bear which is alike to a cat. Its essence is a bear. However, its appearance is like a cat. We can say that "panda" is an inaccurate noun. There is a story about its name. Before liberation, Chongqing's Beibei Museum exhibited the specimen of Ailuropus. On the board, there was a word "Ailuropus". But, at that time, people were used to read a journal's title from right to left. Hence journalists made a mistake on this word and people got a word "panda". From then on, this word spread through the media. People were used to call it panda, and it is hard for them to correct it. Until now, this name has been used by people. Panda's forefather is alike to bear's, so scientists decide to call it "Ailuropus". Both of them belong to carnivore.
Panda's fossil reveals that in pluvial early period they lived in the world. It was about two to three million years ago. Panda reached its zenith hundreds of thousands of years ago. It is a part of stegodon biota. In the most areas of east and south in China, we could find pandas. This area covers from Beijing to Burma's south and Vietnam's north. People discovered panda's fossils in temperate rain forest or subtropical rainforest, whose height is 500 to 700 meters. Little by little, other species became extinct one after another. But pandas still exist now and they keep all the old features. These fossils have much scientific value, so these are regarded as "living fossils". We like to treat them as our national treasures. But there are only a few places that pandas can perch. People see the changes of their habitats in modern times. In these several hundred years, we found that pandas' many habitats vanished. The reasons are China' population increased and people used abundant lands. The river valley that pandas lived has become our residential area. Bamboos grow in the areas, whose heights are between 1200 to 3400 meters. So pandas must live there. Now, our government has taken a series of effective measures to protect these endangered living fossils. Now all the people of the whole world care about pandas' survive or perish. From now on, protecting pandas and their breeding are especially important. So we should find other habitats for them which are suitable to them. We can create a good living environment for pandas.