Scientists Discover Prehistoric Carnivorous Giant Panda | Giant Panda In China | News18

Scientists Discover Prehistoric Carnivorous Giant Panda | Giant Panda In China | News18A team of Chinese paleontologists along with their U.S. counterparts have discovered an extinct predatory family of giant pandas that were characterized by long limbs and excellent running abilities.The herbivorous giant panda is the single existing bear in its own genus and species, but it belonged to a flourishing family millions of years ago.The researchers from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the American Museum of Natural History have identified a new genus of an extinct relative of the giant panda. This new genus, named Huracan, has been described based on a significant amount of fossil materials found in both North America and eastern Asia.