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Su Lin
苏琳
- Life status
- Living
- Born
While growing up in San Diego, Su Lin became the zoo’s first giant panda cub trained to participate in hearing research. After returning to China, she entered a mother-and-cub rewilding training program. In 2011, she gave birth to twins in a near-wild training environment and was recorded as the first captive-bred giant panda to give birth in a wild setting. Her life therefore connected two distinct stages of conservation work: overseas behavioral research and rewilding research in China.
- Sex
- Female
- Studbook number
- 596
Timeline
8 recorded events
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Born at the San Diego Zoo and later named Su Lin
Su Lin was born at the San Diego Zoo on August 2, 2005. Later that year, more than 70,000 online voters took part in choosing the name Su Lin.
San Diego Zoo
Returned to China
Su Lin returned to China on September 26, 2010, and moved into the Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Gave birth in a wild training environment
Su Lin gave birth for the first time at the Wolong wild training base on July 7, 2011, becoming the first captive-bred giant panda recorded as giving birth in a wild environment.
Wolong Wild Training Base
Gave birth to twins
Su Lin gave birth to twins at Bifengxia Panda Base on August 3, 2014; one of the cubs was later named Su Xing.
Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
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Mated naturally with Yang Yang and received artificial insemination
Su Lin mated naturally with Yang Yang on the evening of December 14, 2016, and underwent artificial insemination on December 15. The breeding work was recorded as establishing three firsts during a non-breeding season.
Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Gave birth to Ling Lang
Su Lin gave birth to her daughter Ling Lang on July 12, 2018.
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Gave birth to twins
Su Lin gave birth to twins in 2019; her offspring from the litter included Su Yang.
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Gave birth to twin sons Zi Su and Zi Lin
Su Lin gave birth to twin sons Zi Su and Zi Lin across July 4 and 5, 2023.
Relationships
Siblings5
Offspring7
Places
Current place
Dujiangyan Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
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.
- news.ipanda.comhttps://news.ipanda.com/2016/12/15/ARTIPMCXu4ZGF2Q8IF5IRDhT161215.shtml
Event source
- env.people.com.cnhttps://env.people.com.cn/n1/2016/1216/c1010-28953733.html
Event source