the.com/giant panda

means A large black-and-white bear native to China that subsists almost entirely on bamboo despite having the digestive system of a carnivore.

from The 'panda' part likely comes via French from a Nepali or other Himalayan word originally applied to the red panda, discovered first and smaller; when Western naturalists later encountered the big black-and-white bear in China, they borrowed the name on account of some shared habits and habitat, tacking on 'giant' to distinguish it. The exact root of 'panda' itself remains uncertain — language historians have candidates, not proof.