large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae
[ Syn: giant panda , panda bear , coon bear , ailuropoda melanoleuca ]
reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
[ Syn: lesser panda , red panda , bear cat , cat bear , ailurus fulgens ]