It was in Miocene that is about 8-9 million years ago when the primal panda first appeared on Earth. Where after, in early Pleistocene appeared the Ailuropoda Micrta, fossils of which were found at Liucheng of Guangxi province, Luoding of Guangdong province, Wushan of Sichuan province, Yangxian of Shaanxi province and Yuanmo of Yunnan province. By mid and late Pleistocene, the development of giant pandas reached its climax. In this period, Ailuropoda Milanoleuea Daconi began to appear, and was found widely distributed in 16 provinces and cities in the southwest, south, central and northwest China- including Zhou Koudian of Beijing, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan, and also in some other countries like Vietnam and North Burma.

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