Ailuropoda baconi[1] is an extinct panda known from cave deposits in South China, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Thailand from the Late Pleistocene, 750,000 years ago, and was preceded by A. wulingshanensis and A. microta as an ancestor of the giant panda (A.

[2] Very little is known about this animal; however, its latest fossils have been dated to the Late Pleistocene.

[3] A. baconi is the largest panda ancestor on record and was larger than its descendant.

[2] δ13C values derived from A. baconi specimens indicate that it had a preference for open forest habitat.

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