The Tainan fake panda incident refers to an incident at a private zoo in Tainan, Taiwan, where a sun bear was painted black and white and falsely presented to visitors as a giant panda. The bear was first unveiled on 24 December 1987, and quickly drew scepticism as experts were not in power, suspecting fraud. By 3 January 1988, officials from the Council of Agriculture, and zoology experts from National Taiwan University and Normal University determined the animal was not a true panda.[1]

This incident made popular the use of the term "(giant) cat bear" [(dà)māoxióng, (大)貓熊] instead of "(giant) bear cat" [(dà)xióngmāo, (大)熊貓] to refer to pandas in Taiwan.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Selling Genuine Panda"(賣點100－真假熊-{}-猫)). Yuan-Liou Publishing (遠流出版). 1989. pp. 41–43. ISBN 9789573201878.
  2. ↑ "WWF » Name". Archived from the original on 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2016-02-02.


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