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Panda from the San Diego zoo

Red pandas sleeping in a tree Fun fact: The pandas scientific name is Ailurus and red panda is fulgens

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Where the giant pandas live today (the green)

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Part of Speech (noun, verb, adj)

Definition

Sentence from book/article

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Relevance or importance to topic/time period.

Use the word in a new sentence. (your own!)

Ailurus pg 4

noun

the lesser panda it is one of the last it is the second discoveries that he made name of the before succumbing to the Panda. climate and his exhaustion ;; i propose that ‘Ailurus’ as the generic name of the panda, on this account of it external resemblance to the cat and for it specific name ‘fulgens’ because of its brilliant colors.

The Ailurus bit my finger when i was feeding it baboo.

animal pg 4

noun

a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli.

This animal is native to the the panda is an East Indies, but we do not animal. know where exactly which part region it belongs to;; we have been sent a skin and a general description of A.

Baby animals are so cute.

bamboo pg 5

noun

group.a giant woody grass

nigalo means cane or bamboo.

when we went on a trip to China we saw

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what pandas eat

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that grows chiefly in the tropics, where it is widely cultivated

lot of bamboo

Botanist pg 4

noun

a biologist specializing in the study of plants

probably the first european a botanist was one I am botanist for my to see one of these pretty of the first to see job. creatures with its foxy the panda white face and bushy tail was nathaniel Wallich, a danish Botanist and director of the East India company’s botanical gardens in Calcutta.

captor pg 4

noun

a person or an adult male caught in a animal that snare charged at his catches or captor. confines another

china pg5

noun

chinese pg5

noun

captors are needed to catch the animal so they can study it.

the captors got the squirrel

a country in asia and is one of the biggest populated areas in the world.

in the second century AD where the pandas the giant panda was a rare come from and semi-­divine animal inside china

my friend is on her way to china

somebody from China: somebody who comes from China or whose family came from China

long before the giant panda chinese people borrowed its cousins name found pandas in the west, it was of course known to the chinese usually an s the bai xiong or white bear.

chinese gum tastes good

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china pg5

noun

a country in asia and is one of the biggest populated areas in the world.

in the second century AD where the pandas the giant panda was a rare come from and semi-­divine animal inside china

my friend is on her way to china

East indies pg 4

noun

Malay Archipelago: a group of islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans between Asia and Australia

This animal is native to the The Panda is east indies,but we do not native to the East know to exactly which part Indies of this region but belongs to;; we have been sent a skin and a general description by A

Road trip! We are going to the East Indies.

fulgens pg 4

noun

reddish-­brown Old World raccoon-­like carnivore;; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas

it is one of the last another word for discoveries that he made red panda. before succumbing to the climate and his exhaustion ;; i propose that ‘Ailurus’ as the generic name of the panda, on this account of it external resemblance to the cat and for it specific name ‘fulgens’ because of its brilliant colors.

the Fulgens attacked the Ailurus and bit its paw.

naturalist pg 4

noun

an expert in or student of natural history

He sent a pelt to Major-­General Thomas Hardwick, a british army officer and an amature natralist.

Panda pg 4

Noun

a large bearlike mammal with

First of the pandas to The Main topic of become known in the West the book

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the pelt was sent Thanks to the Natralist to the naturalist so we now know it was a they could try to panda. identify what it was Lets go see the new PANDA at the zoo.

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characteristic was not the Giant Panda black and white however,but the red or markings, native lesser panda. to certain mountain forests of central and western China.

It feeds almost entirely on bamboo and has become increasingly rare. pelt pg 4

noun

the skin of an animal with the fur, wool, or hair still on it.

He sent a pelt to Major-­General Thomas Hardwick, a british army officer and an amature natralist

the pelt is I walked into the important because mansion and it had people were able lots of animal pelts. to identify the animal without really encountering it

rare pg 5

adjective

infrequent or unusual: not happening or found often

in the century AD the giant panda was rare and semi-­divine animal inside china.

pandas were rare when they were first found.

Red panda pg 4

noun

a raccoon like mammal with thick reddish-­brown fur and a bushy

First of the pandas to another one of the become known in the West main topics of the was not the Giant Panda book. however,but the red or lesser panda.

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we found a rare diamond when we went mining.

Look how cute that red panda is .

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tail, native to high bamboo forests from the Himalayas to southern China researcher pg 4

noun

research worker: a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

An adult male caught in a snare by a researcher, jumped off the ground and landed on all fours.

researchers help scientist identify the new animals

snare pg 4

noun

a trap for catching birds or animals, typically one having a noose of wire or cord.

An adult male caught in a snare by a researcher, jumped off the ground and landed on all fours.

Pandas were he made a snare to trapped by snares catch a rabbit. and now are in the endangered list because of this.

solitary pg 4

noun

a recluse or hermit.

In the wild red pandas are usually solitary.

Some pandas dont like to be around other pandas they are more solitary.

Pandas like to be solitary rather than be around other pandas.

specimen pg 4

noun

an individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc., used as an example of its species or type for scientific

the specimen was

the first panda found was a specimen that they had to identify.

we gathered a specimen from my garden

displayed to members of the linnean society in 1821,but the honor of naming the new species

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we helped the researcher with some data

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consequently fell by default to the french biologist frederic cuvier, who in 1825 published an account of an animal that was sent to him by his son in law , alfred du vaucel, who in turn had almost certainly obtained it from Wallich.

species pg 4

noun

a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding.

The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g., Homo

the specimen was displayed to members of the linnean society in 1821,but the honor of naming the new species consequently fell by default to the french biologist frederic cuvier, who in 1825 published an account of an animal that was sent to him by his son in law , alfred du

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the panda was a new found species.

i saw on the news there is a new species of butterflies.

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vaucel, who in turn had almost certainly obtained it from Wallich.

tribesmen pg 4 noun

a man belonging There are of course many to a tribe in a dialects between the traditional society or isolated tribesmen in the

tribesmen helped scientists move about the area

the native americans were tribesmen.

himalayas.

vegetation pg 126

noun

plants in general: plants in general or the mass of plants growing in a particular place

takin probably also benefit from the increased growth of secondary vegetation which occurs following timber-­cutting

there has to be a there is a lot of lot of vegetation for vegetation in my yard. pana to be happy in its home

wah

noun

It is a Nepali name for Panda and is the sound that pandas make when they are babies.

Most writers give the common Nepali name as wah, and attribute it to the pandas child-­like-­call.

The sound that pandas make when they are babies.

zoologist pg 4

noun

a specialist in the branch of biology dealing with animals

the specimen was

another person At the zoo they are who helped hiring a new zoologist. identify the animal.

displayed to members of the linnean society in 1821,but the honor of

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Wah is the sound that the Panda bear makes

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Campbell, Nicole. "Habitat of the Giant Panda." EHow. Demand Media, 21 Sept. 2009. Web. 27 Feb. 2014.

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"News from the David M. Rubenstein Family Giant Panda Habitat." Giant Pandas. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Feb. 2014.

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