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Are Pandas Still Endangered

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Giant pandas are no longer an endangered species. Giant pandas have been on the endangered species list for more than 25 years. Giant Pandas No Longer Listed As Endangered Long the face of the conservation movement giant pandas were upgraded from endangered to vulnerable on the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN Red List of Endanger. Are pandas still endangered . Because of their specialized diets pandas cannot adapt to other environments. On the other hand their relative animals called red pandas are now enlisted as endangered species. While the pandas status has improved other species are under increasing threat including the Eastern gorilla that is now listed as critically endangered just one step away from extinction due primarily to poaching. The IUCN criteria categorize a species as Endangered if it exists in no more than 5 locations or has fewer than 2500 adults and a population size that has decreased by 20 or more in the past 10 years or three gen