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For #NationalPandaDay: Earliest published European image of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), based on the first skin sent to Europe, acquired by French missionary Armand David (1826-1900) in China in 1869 and sent to Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris.

Plate 50 in _Recherches pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des mammifères : comprenant des considérations sur la classification de ces animaux_ by Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-1885), Paris, 1868-74. Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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Großer Panda (Lat. Ailuropoda melanoleuca) by Thomas Schwenker Via Flickr: Ouwehands Dierenpark Rhenen

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Armand David – Scientist of the Day

Father Armand David, a French missionary and zoologist, was born Sep. 27, 1826 (second image). 

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Un conte chinois

Armand David, 1826-1900

Le tigre, le panda et la princesse

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Großer Panda (Lat. Ailuropoda melanoleuca) / Xing Ya & Wu Wen by Thomas Schwenker Via Flickr: Ouwehands Dierenpark Rhenen

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Großer Panda (Lat. Ailuropoda melanoleuca) / Xing Ya & Wu Wen by Thomas Schwenker Via Flickr: Ouwehands Dierenpark Rhenen