1. (noun) 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

• ailuropoda melanoleuca
• coon bear
• giant panda
• panda bear

2. (noun) reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas

• ailurus fulgens
• bear cat
• cat bear
• lesser panda
• red panda

1. (noun) 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

• ailuropoda
• genus ailuropoda

2. (noun) reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas

• ailurus
• genus ailurus

1. (noun) 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

• procyonid

2. (noun) reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas

• procyonid