Planet Zoo 2 Giant Panda — habitat, biome, size & which animals it can live with

Giant Panda is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Habitat habitat, accepts the Temperate biome, carries a Grade 4 · 2m · climb-proof barrier requirement and is listed at 1.55 m (nosetorump). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 11 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

Giant Panda

Every figure on this page comes from the official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export rather than trailer footage: biome, enclosure type, barrier grade, size and the compatibility verdicts are all taken from the game's own data.

Size (M)1.55 m

Weight (M)—

BarrierGrade 4 + climb-proof

EnclosureHabitat

BiomesTemperate

StatusVulnerable

Where it lives in the wild
Asia

Giant Panda at a glance

Source: official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export (130 species). Also on the searchable animal list.

Enclosure and barrier requirements

Giant Panda needs a Habitat enclosure and accepts the Temperate biome. The barrier requirement is Grade 4 · 2m · climb-proof, and that is the number to check before building: a Grade 4 animal behind a Grade 1 wall is the most common way a first zoo stalls.

Which animals can live with the Giant Panda?

Giant Panda shares a biome and an enclosure type with 11 other species, but every one of those pairings is ruled out by the official data, because one side of each pair is officially solitary.

Same biome, but not compatible

11 of the species that accept the Temperate biome cannot share an enclosure with the Giant Panda, because one side of the pair is officially solitary. These are the pairings people ask about most, so they are spelled out rather than left as an unexplained gap.

Species	Biome	Enclosure	Why not
Bactrian Camel	DesertSavannahTemperate	Habitat	Giant Panda is solitary “Pandas are solitary creatures but will interact if they come across each other. However, females are more territorial than males and may cha…”
Eurasian Beaver	Lakes & RiversTaigaTemperate	Habitat	Giant Panda is solitary “Pandas are solitary creatures but will interact if they come across each other. However, females are more territorial than males and may cha…”
Eurasian Brown Bear	TaigaTemperateTundra	Habitat	Giant Panda is solitary “Pandas are solitary creatures but will interact if they come across each other. However, females are more territorial than males and may cha…”
Eurasian Lynx	TaigaTemperateTundra	Habitat	Eurasian Lynx is solitary “In the wild, lynx are solitary animals and live alone except for mothers with their cubs. However, male and female lynx are known to form strong bonds in captivity.”
European Bison	TaigaTemperate	Habitat	Giant Panda is solitary “Pandas are solitary creatures but will interact if they come across each other. However, females are more territorial than males and may cha…”
Grey Wolf	DesertRainforestSavannahTaigaTemperateTundra	Habitat	Giant Panda is solitary “Pandas are solitary creatures but will interact if they come across each other. However, females are more territorial than males and may cha…”
Grizzly Bear	TaigaTemperateTundraWetlands	Habitat	Giant Panda is solitary “Pandas are solitary creatures but will interact if they come across each other. However, females are more territorial than males and may cha…”
Mountain Hare	TaigaTemperateTundra	Habitat	Giant Panda is solitary “Pandas are solitary creatures but will interact if they come across each other. However, females are more territorial than males and may cha…”
Red Deer	Temperate	Habitat	Giant Panda is solitary “Pandas are solitary creatures but will interact if they come across each other. However, females are more territorial than males and may cha…”
Red Panda	TaigaTemperate	Habitat	Giant Panda is solitary “Pandas are solitary creatures but will interact if they come across each other. However, females are more territorial than males and may cha…”
Wild Boar	RainforestSavannahTemperateWetlands	Habitat	Giant Panda is solitary “Pandas are solitary creatures but will interact if they come across each other. However, females are more territorial than males and may cha…”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

14 species share at least one biome with the Giant Panda but use a different enclosure type — a land habitat against an aquarium or a flying aviary — so they cannot be mixed however well the biomes line up.

Cloudless Sulphur, Common Bluetongue, Eastern Brown Snake, Eurasian Bittern, European Peacock, Fire Salamander, Golden Eagle, Greater Flamingo, Long-Eared Owl, Mexican Redknee, Monarch, Old World Swallowtail, Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, White-Tailed Sea-Eagle

Behaviour, size and weight

Giant Panda is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “Pandas are solitary creatures but will interact if they come across each other. However, females are more territorial than males and may chase away rivals who invade their territory. They ne…” On size the game lists 1.55 m (nosetorump) for the male and 1.55 m for the female. Size and weight together decide the minimum habitat footprint, so use the female figure when you are sizing a breeding pair rather than a display animal.

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All 130 animals · Full compatibility chart for Giant Panda · Aquarium animals · Aviary birds · Deluxe edition animals · System requirements