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. 2020 Jan 2:29:105082.
doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.105082. eCollection 2020 Apr.

Data on diet and growth by giant panda in zoo Negara, Malaysia

Dennis Ten Choon Yung  1   2 , Rohana Jani  3 , Ridza Azizi  3 , Mat Naim Ramli  4 , Yang Haidi  5 , Ahmad Nizam Zainudin  4 , Akmal Hadi Samsuddin  4 , Noor Hashida Hashim  6 , Mohd Noor Afiq Ramlee  7 , Muhamad Aidil Zahidin  7   8 , Mohd Akmal Mohd Raffi  7 , Muhamad Safiih Lola  9 , Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah  7   10
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Data on diet and growth by giant panda in zoo Negara, Malaysia

Dennis Ten Choon Yung et al. Data Brief. .

Abstract

In this data article we present the determinations of the diet preference and growth of a pair of the giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David, 1869) from Zoo Negara Malaysia. Once considered as endangered, the captive giant pandas were given with nine species of local bamboo in separate indoor enclosures. We recorded data between May 25, 2014 and December 31, 2016 and analysed it based on food preference, the pattern toward food consumption and body weights using SPSS v25.0 (IBM, USA). Data on the bamboo preference, daily average bamboo provided and consumed, and factors predicting of body weight per individual are reported in this article. The data highlight correlation between panda growth (kg) to the part of bamboo consumed (kg) and exhibit the pattern of preferred part of food (i.e.: either the leaf, culm or shoots of bamboo variety) for panda consumptions. The food consumption toward the body weight was modelled using logistic regression analysis to help determine the pattern of food consumption and body weight of giant panda in the future and based on regression model 1, only consumed variable is significance to the model.

Keywords: Captivity; Conservation-dependent species; Giant panda; Zoo negara.

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Figures

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Fu Wa (male) is feeding the local bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper) in Zoo Negara Malaysia.
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Feng Yi (female) is resting at the enrichment structure in Zoo Negara Malaysia Giant Panda exhibit. (Photo credit: Akmal Hadi Samsuddin).
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Local bamboos a) Bambusa heterostachy, b) B. multiplex, c) B. vulgari, d) B. v. cv. vittat, e) B. v. f. waminii, f) Dendrocalamus asper, g) Gigantochloa albociliata, h) G. thoii and h) Thyrsostachys siamensi.
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Monthly total of bamboo provided and consumed by giant pandas (weight in kg).
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Monthly bamboo culm and leave provided and consumed by Fu Wa (in kg).
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Monthly bamboo culm and leave provided and consumed by Feng Yi (in kg).
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Average bamboo culm and leave (daily) consumed by giant pandas.
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