Basi (giant panda) explained

Basi (; 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Basi's 30th Birthday Party. giantpandaglobal.com.
2. News: World's second oldest panda celebrates her 35th birthday. Shanghaiist. 13 January 2017. 28 November 2015. 5 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160105015327/http://shanghaiist.com/2015/11/28/worlds_second_oldest_panda_celebrates_35th_birthday.php. dead.
3. Web site: Zhou. Viola. Chinese wildlife conservationist seriously injured in attack by female panda. South China Morning Post.
4. News: BASI SETS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD AS OLDEST PANDA. Shenzhen Daily. 13 January 2017. 13 January 2017.
5. News: World's oldest captive panda Basi dies in China. BBC.
6. News: Indian Express. World's oldest panda dies aged 37 in China.