Panda bear in china biography books

CHENGDU, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- A century and a half after French zoologist Armand David became the first European to discover the giant panda, an officially-compiled chronicle on the mammal has been published to help improve comprehensive knowledge of the species.

The book is China's first complete sourcebook on the species, according to the Sichuan provincial local gazetteer office, the publisher.

The giant panda, that lives mainly in southwest China's Sichuan Province as well as neighboring Shaanxi and Gansu, is China's national treasure, cherished as a symbol of peace and friendship.

As the main habitat of giant pandas, Sichuan naturally shoulders the responsibility to make a detailed document on them, according to the publisher.

Besides archival research, panda experts who contributed to the chronicle have carried out extensive field research in cities and counties in Sichuan, including