Panda Bear By: L.M.K.

Kingdom   Phylum   

Kingdom: Animalia

 Characteristics that place it here: multicellular, all heterotrophs, ingest and digest food in an internal cavity.

Phylum: Chordata

Characteristics that place it here: notochord, bilateral symmetry, segmented body and muscles, three germ layers and a codom, ventral heart and blood vessels, closed blood system, digestive system, bony or cartilaginous endoskeleton.

Class: Mammalia

Characteristics that place it here: three middle ear bones, hair, mammary glands.

Order: Carnivora

Characteristics that place it here: enlarged fourth upper premolar, molar, carnassial pair.

Family: Urisdae

Characteristics that place it here: feet are plantigrade, hairy soles

Genus and Species: Ailuropoda, Ailuropoda melanoleca

Characteristics that place it here: rare in Ancient China, malanoleuca, has a round head, stocky body, short tail.