Ailuropoda Milne-Edwards 1870 (giant panda)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 41304
Synonyms: Aelureidopus Woodward 1915 (no. 104022), Aeluropus Milne-Edwards 1871 [objective synonym] (no. 104014), Ailuropus Milne-Edwards 1871 [objective synonym] (no. 104013), Pandarctos Gervais 1870 [objective synonym] (no. 104012)
Parent taxon: Ailuropodini according to C. Jin et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Agriarctos, Ailurarctos, Indarctini, Kretzoiarctos
Subtaxa: Ailuropoda baconi, Ailuropoda fovealis, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, Ailuropoda microta, Ailuropoda wulingshanensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore