He is a male panda.

However, showing young male pandas "panda pornography" is widely credited with a recent population boom among pandas in zoos.

Then the zoo imported a male panda from London Zoo to mate with Ling-Ling.

"In captivity, only about 10 percent of male pandas can mate," he said.

On Jan. 11, two adult male red pandas were found dead in their pen.

Despite being a male panda, Ling Ling's name meant "darling little girl" in Chinese.

In March 2011, Su Lin successfully bred with a male giant panda.

Pandas of different sexes "only come together to mate," he explained, and the male panda is too young.

"The Pandas" - a recurring sketch with two male giant pandas in a zoo, discussing life and bamboo shoots.

No doubt a male panda wouldn't have been suitable.....