Object Details
- Author
- Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017
- Subject
- Tian Tian
- Mei Xiang
- National Zoological Park (U.S.) Panda House
- National Zoological Park (U.S.)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Visitors look on as the National Zoological Park's new giant pandas, Mei Xiang (female) and Tian Tian (male), explore their new home on the day of their arrival. Both pandas were born at the China Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong, Sichuan Province, China.
- On July 9, 2005 Mei Xiang gave birth to her and Tian Tian's first cub, Tai Shan. Tai Shan returned to China on February 4, 2010, and lives at the Bifengxia Panda Base, in Ya'an, Sichuan Province, China.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009, Digital Logbook, SPS
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- December 6, 2000
- Standard number
- 2000-11244.24a
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Digital Image
- Animal, candid
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 Color: Color ; Size: 10.58w x 7.44h ; Type of Image: Animal, Candid ; Medium: Digital Image
- Place
- Washington (D.C.)
- China
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Giant panda
- Wildlife conservation
- Animal enclosures
- Animals
- Mammals
- Endangered species
- Zoo visitors
- Record ID
- siris_sic_12947
