Giant Pandas Arrive at National Zoo

Summary

• Giant pandas Mei Xiang (female) and Tian Tian (male) in their new home in the National Zoological Park's Panda House on the day of their arrival. Both pandas were born at the China Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province, China.
• On July 9, 2005 Mei Xiang gave birth to her and Tian Tian's first cub, Tai Shan. Tai Shan returned to China on February 4, 2010, and lives at the Bifengxia Panda Base, in Ya'an, Sichuan Province, China.

Subject

• Tian Tian
• Mei Xiang
• National Zoological Park (U.S.) Panda House

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009, Digital Logbook, SPS

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

December 6, 2000

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Animal enclosures
• Animals
• Endangered ecosystems
• Habitat conservation
• Wildlife
• Mammals
• Giant panda
• Wildlife conservation
• Endangered species

Place

• China
• Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

• Digital Image
• Animal, candid

ID Number

2000-11244.37a

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 14w x 9.27h ; Type of Image: Animal, Candid ; Medium: Digital image

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