Scientists question discovery of 'new subspecies'

China Daily | April 5, 2006| | Copyright

The announcement that the Qinling Mountains in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province harbour a newly discovered subspecies of the giant panda has aroused more heated debate than excitement among panda experts and nature conservationists in China.

They point out that more rigorous studies are required to determine whether the so-called Qinling subspecies of the giant panda in fact exists.

They also voice serious reservations about plans to build a new breeding centre in the heart of the Qinling Mountains in the name of protecting and preserving the "genetic purity" of what one research group ...

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