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Lanxiang
兰香
- Life status
- Living
- Born
Lanxiang raised two sets of twins at Chongqing Zoo. On June 23, 2019, she and Mangzai each gave birth to twins on the same day; four giant pandas being born at the same zoo on the same day was a first in nearly 60 years of captive giant panda history at Chongqing Zoo.
- Sex
- Female
- Studbook number
- 548
- Current place
- Chongqing Zoo
Timeline
8 recorded events
Born at Hetaoping Base
Lanxiang was born at Hetaoping Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda on July 12, 2002, in the same litter as her twin sister Meiqing.
Hetaoping Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
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Moved to Chongqing Zoo
On November 30, 2003, Lanxiang moved to Chongqing Zoo.
Chongqing Zoo
Returned to Bifengxia Panda Base
On March 15, 2013, Lanxiang returned to Bifengxia Panda Base.
Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Moved back to Chongqing Zoo
On March 19, 2014, Lanxiang moved back to Chongqing Zoo.
Chongqing Zoo
Gave birth for the first time
On July 11, 2016, Lanxiang gave birth for the first time at Chongqing Zoo, delivering opposite-sex twins Yubao and Yubei.
Chongqing Zoo
Mated naturally at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
On March 6, 2019, Lanxiang mated naturally at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
Gave birth to twin sons Shuangshuang and Chongchong
On June 23, 2019, Lanxiang gave birth at Chongqing Zoo to twin male cubs, later named Shuangshuang and Chongchong.
Chongqing Zoo
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Took part in a breeding pairing and returned to Chongqing Zoo
In 2022, under the national breeding-pair optimization plan for captive giant pandas, Lanxiang traveled to Shenshuping Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, mated naturally, and then returned to Chongqing Zoo.
Shenshuping Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Relationships
Offspring4
Places
Current place
Chongqing Zoo
Read more about its time in different places in the Timeline.
Sources
These are sources related to this panda. Sources for individual events appear in the timeline; one source does not establish every detail.
- cgj.cq.gov.cnhttps://cgj.cq.gov.cn/zwxx_173/bmdt/csgldt/js/202204/t20220418_10631604.html
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- pandatribe.orghttps://pandatribe.org/panda-lan-xiang-an-extremely-gentle-panda/
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- pandapia.comhttps://pandapia.com/panda/view.html?id=MzUw
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- www.chinanews.comhttps://www.chinanews.com/sh/2019/07-16/8896504.shtml
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