genus Ailuropoda

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Ailuropoda - only the giant panda: in some classifications considered a genus of the separate family AiluropodidaeAiluropodamammal genus - a genus of mammalsfamily Procyonidae, Procyonidae - raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandasAiluropoda melanoleuca, coon bear, giant panda, panda, panda bear - large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae