An An (giant panda)

An An
An An in 2004
SpeciesGiant panda
SexMale
Born1986 (1986)
Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China
Died (aged 35)
Ocean Park, Hong Kong

An An (Chinese: 安安; pinyin: ān ān; August 1986 – 21 July 2022) was a male giant panda[1] residing in Ocean Park Hong Kong,[2] a gift from the Central People's Government of China to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 1999.[3] He was the longest-living male giant panda in the world under human care before his death in 2022.[4]

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