Mei Lan

美兰

Life status: Living
Born: September 6, 2006

Mei Lan was born at Zoo Atlanta on September 6, 2006, the first cub of Lun Lun and Yang Yang and the zoo’s first giant panda cub. He returned to Chengdu in 2010. In 2011, staff rechecked an earlier sex identification and confirmed that Mei Lan was male rather than female. After returning to China, he also fathered several cubs.

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Sex: Male
Studbook number: 649
Current place: Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Photo by 紫芽茗

Timeline

3 recorded events

2006-09-06
Born at Zoo Atlanta
Born on September 6 at Zoo Atlanta.
Zoo Atlanta
2010-02-05
Returned to China
Returned to China on February 5 and moved into the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
2011Year only
Confirmed to be male
A renewed examination confirmed that Mei Lan, previously identified as female, was in fact male.
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