Xin Xin (giant panda)
Giant panda born in the Zoo of Mexico City, Mexico (born 1990)
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Xin Xin (Chinese: 新新; pinyin: Xīnxīn; lit. 'New new'; 1 July, 1990) is a female giant panda that lives in the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City. Her mother is Tohui (died 16 November 1993) and her father is Chia Chia from the London Zoo (died in Mexico on 13 October 1991).[1] Xin Xin is the only giant panda in the world that does not belong to China. Xin Xin can be visited for free during normal Zoo hours.
Xin Xin in Mexico City's Chapultepec Zoo | |
| Species | Giant panda |
|---|---|
| Sex | Female |
| Born | 1 July 1990 |
Xin Xin is artificially inseminated annually with sperm from Chinese panda Ling-Ling as part of a continuing effort to breed pandas in Mexico.[2] Mexico's Chapultepec Zoo has had one of the most successful panda-breeding programs outside of China, with a total of eight giant pandas conceived in the zoo since the first pandas arrived in Mexico in 1975. This has been attributed by some to the Zoo's 7300 ft. altitude, similar to the pandas' native habitat in Sichuan, China.[3]
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