| Ailuropoda baconi Temporal range: Late Pleistocene | |
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| A restored sketch sheet of Ailuropoda baconi along with Dinofelis cristata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | Ursidae |
| Subfamily: | Ailuropodinae |
| Genus: | Ailuropoda |
| Species: | †A. baconi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ailuropoda baconi Woodward 1915 | |
Ailuropoda baconi was a large panda that first appeared around 7.5 million years ago, and was preceded by Ailuropoda wulingshanensis and Ailuropoda microta as an ancestor of the giant panda. Very little is known about this creature, however its latest fossils have been dated to the Late Pleistocene. It was the largest known species within the genus Ailuropoda.