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Xiuqiu
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- Life status
- Living
- Born
Xiuqiu was born at Hetaoping Rewilding Training Base in Wolong on September 5, 2016. Her mother, Shuixiu, was a giant panda rescued from the wild. At the time of Xiuqiu’s birth, Shuixiu was living in a first-stage rewilding-training enclosure, giving Xiuqiu an unusual connection to giant panda rewilding work from the very beginning of her life.
- Sex
- Female
- Current place
- Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
No photograph is available yet.
Timeline
5 recorded events
Born at Hetaoping Rewilding Training Base
Xiuqiu was born at Hetaoping Rewilding Training Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda on September 5, 2016.
Hetaoping Rewilding Training Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
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Gave birth to Youyou
In September 2021, Xiuqiu gave birth for the first time at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, delivering a daughter later named Youyou.
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Became Huoyan’s foster mother
In May 2022, after Huoyan and her biological mother Yiran could no longer continue living together, Xiuqiu was chosen as Huoyan’s foster mother and accepted the cub into her care.
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Moved to the Chengdu panda base
In 2023, Xiuqiu moved to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
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Gave birth to Xiuhe at the Chengdu panda base
In 2024, Xiuqiu gave birth to her second cub, Xiuhe, at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Relationships
Places
Current place
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
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/2022/09/16/ARTINWb1dwd3WhGG5Jog7NkO220916.shtml
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