Basi (Chinese: 巴斯; pinyin: Bāsī; 1980 – 13 September 2017) was a female giant panda.[1][2] Since Jia Jia's death in 2016, she was the oldest living panda in captivity.[3][4]
Basi was the original model of 'Panpan', the mascot for the first Asian games (in China, 1990). She died at 8:50am on September 13, 2017, at the age of 37.[5] The Straits Giant Panda Research and Exchange Center in Fuzhou, where she lived, held a memorial in her honour.[6]
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edit- ^ "Basi's 30th Birthday Party". giantpandaglobal.com. 13 November 2010.
- ^ "World's second oldest panda celebrates her 35th birthday". Shanghaiist. 28 November 2015. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ Zhou, Viola (29 December 2016). "Chinese wildlife conservationist seriously injured in attack by female panda". South China Morning Post.
- ^ "BASI SETS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD AS OLDEST PANDA". Shenzhen Daily. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
- ^ "World's oldest captive panda Basi dies in China". BBC.
- ^ "World's oldest panda dies aged 37 in China". Indian Express.
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