The rare BROWN panda found only in remote mountains of western China
This rare brown panda is walking proof that, when it comes to nature, it's not always a case of black and white. Unlike his more common monochrome cousins, giant panda Qizai's coat is tan and brown. The quirky creature is one of a rare subspecies that exists only in the remote Qinlig Mountains in western China.
Staff at the Shaanxi Wild Animal Research Centre, where the panda is cared for, say many others like him have only patches of brown in their fur - making Qizai especially rare.
'He has a totally brown and tan coat which is very rare. Most just have a few brown patches,' one keeper said.
Experts believe the colony of 300 pandas' unusual colouring is down a combination of a genetic mutation and the animals' local diet in the remote mountainous region.
'They only exist in the wild on these mountains and there are brown variants of other species in the area too,' the keeper said.
台北市立動物園的當紅炸子「熊」－圓圓跟圓仔，可是最近新聞媒體的焦點啊！從圓仔一出生，牠的萌樣讓人忍不住一直關注這個可愛的小傢伙。但是大家可別以為貓熊，就只有黑白兩色而已，在中國西部的偏遠山區，發現罕見的「棕色」大貓熊！！
這隻罕見的棕色大貓熊是一個活生生的見證，證實貓熊並非永遠都是黑色和白色，不像牠其他常見的黑白色親戚們，貓熊「七仔」牠全身的皮毛都是棕褐色和棕色。這個奇特的小傢伙是只存活在中國西部偏遠山區秦嶺山脈的稀有亞種之一。
陝西省野生動物研究中心照顧貓熊的工作人員說，大部分相似的貓熊身上只有幾塊類似補丁的棕色皮毛，「七仔」的特殊外衣讓牠有別於其他同伴，顯得更特別。
專家們認為，位於此偏遠棲息地的三百多隻貓熊都有著不尋常顏色的皮毛，極有可能是基因突變以及牠們在當地的飲食所造成的。一位飼養員說：「這些特別的棕色亞種只存於這個區域的偏遠山裡。」
- Walking Proof 活見證
He is walking proof that people can lose weight quickly.
他是人能迅速變瘦的活見證。
- Monochrome (n.) 黑白；單色
- Quirky (adj.) 古怪的；奇特的；詭譎的
- Subspecies (n.) 亞種
- Genetic Mutation (n.) 基因突變
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