By: Ariana Covarrubias

Biome & Ecosystem Project

Biome- China’s Mountain Forest

Climate- 50-260 inches of rain each year. Humidmost of the year because of the rainfall. warm temperate zone, it

is hot and rainy in summer, cold and dry in winter

Location- Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu, in China.

Organisms- some of the organisms that can be found there are bamboo, Giant pandas, Red pandas, Golden monkeys, Tragopans,

musk deer, Golden Cats, and snow leopards.

Water features- lakes and waterfalls

Land features- Mountains, snow, trees & bamboo

Location

Rainforests

Organisms

LAND FEATURESSNOWMOUNTAINS

TREES/BAMBOO

WATER FEATURES

WATERFALLS

LAKES

Producer- BambooDescription- Bamboo is a grass whose contents are

about half water. Bamboo grows over 100 feet tall. And Grows high to reach the sunlight

Habitat- Bamboo is found in different climate zones, from hot tropical regions to cold mountains.

First-level- Bamboo ratsDescription- Bamboo rats measure 15-25 cm. long and their tail is 6-8 cm. long. They weigh

from 500- 760 grams or 1.2- 1.7 pounds

Habitat- They live in grassy areas, forests,and sometimes in gardens.

Food- Bamboo Rats eat bamboo, tea bushes, sugar cane,and tapioca.

Predators- some are humans and pandas

Habitat

Food

TapiocaSugar cane Tea bushes

We shouldn’t be concerned about bamboo rats because thereare so many rats that communities don’t know how to control the problem. Bamboo rats ruined local stocks of yarn for weaving, they finished goods like blankets and clothing, and they also cause diseases, and contaminate water. They also bit people while they are sleeping.

Status

Second-level- Giant Pandas

Description-. black and white relative of bears.

They measure 28- 30 inches and 220- 330 lbs.

Males are usually 10 percent larger than females

Habitat- China’s rainforests

Predators- Some are Golden Cats, Musk Deer, and humans

Food- herbs, tree bark, bamboo rats, bamboo, and they usually get their water from bamboo, but they sometimes get their water from licking the snow.

Adult pandas Baby Panda

When the panda is born it’s pink, blind, and helpless, it's the size of a rat. At two years

old the cubs first task is to find its own home. A panda mother is 900 times heavier

than her new born cub.

Baby Pandas

Giant pandas are endangered animals. People can stop that by not hunting down pandas

and by not burning down their habitat.

Status & People

AdaptationsThe Giant Panda has a sixth thumb that allows it to grasp Bamboo better for eating. It also helps the Panda pull the shoots and leaves off of Bamboo stems. 

It is a very important adaptation for the Panda to be able to eat so much Bamboo.

Small birds

Bamboo rats

WolvesHumans

Giant Pandas

BambooFruits (berries)

Leopards

Fungi

**Questions**#1- What is one of the panda’s predators?

Any- Golden Cats, snow leopards, Musk deer, and humans

#2- What is the climate in the rainforest?

Mostly rainy /humid

#3- What are some of the water or land features that the rainforest has?

Mountains, snow, trees, bamboo, lakes, waterfalls

#4- How tall can bamboo be?

Up to 100 feet tall

#5- What two ways do pandas get their water?

By bamboo and by licking the snow