Ming Ming 明明 | |
Birth Name: | Ming Ming |
Species: | Giant Panda |
Gender: | Female |
Birth Date: | 1977 |
Birth Place: | China |
Death Place: | Guangdong Province, China |
Known: | World's oldest giant panda |
Owner: | Wolong National Nature Reserve (1979–1986) Dublin Zoo (1986) Chengdu Zoo (1986–1991) London Zoo (1991–1994) Xiangjiang Wild Animal World (1994–2011) |
Ming Ming (1977 – 7 May 2011) was the world's oldest giant panda. She died of kidney failure at age 34 at the Xiangjiang Wild Animal World in Guangdong Province.[1] [2] [3] [4] Her name translates from Chinese as "bright".[5]