A Very Different-Looking ‘European Panda’ Species Has Been Discovered!

The giant pandas, which are admired by the whole world with their iconic black and white fur and cuteness, continue their lives on the land of China today. While it is known that this species has existed in China for many years and is special to these lands, it is known from the scientific world. shocking news came.

located in the northwest of Bulgaria fossil panda teethrevealed that giant pandas once existed on European soil as well. This new species, which is thought to be a relative of the panda species living in China, is unlike the ones in China. It feeds on softer plants, not hard plants like bamboo. announced.

Here comes the European giant panda:

According to research published in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, the giant panda species native to Europe is interbred with Chinese pandas. did not come from the same ancestor. However, it was stated that both species came from two close ancestors. Ancestor of European pandas, east of Europe may have lived about 6 million years ago shared. Sharing details about the size of the species, the researchers explained that European giant pandas may have been almost the same size as today’s pandas, or even slightly smaller.

• This is today’s panda.

In addition to all this, the fossil tooth proved the assumption that pandas were carnivores millions of years ago. While the discovered species is known to feed on soft grass, It has been determined that the ancestors of the species were carnivorous due to their tooth structure. The evolution of pandas to herbivory was stated as their turn to grass due to nutritional competition with other carnivores.