The world's oldest captive panda has died in Chinaaged 37.Basi, a household name in her nativecountry, lived the equivalent of more than 100human years.
She died at the Strait Panda Research and ExchangeCentre in Fuzhou,capital of Fujian province ineastern China.
Basi was born in the wild and at the age of foursurvived a brush with death after falling into an icyriver.
She took her name from the Basi valley, where shewas rescued by villagers in south-west China's Sichuan province, according to the Xinhua newsagency.
Locals handed her over to the centre, where she lived the rest of her life.
The bear found fame after she was chosen as the model for Pan Pan, the mascot of the 1990Asian Games in Beijing.
She never bred but overcame several severe illnesses to live for more than twice the 15-yearlife expectancy of wild pandas.
Captive pandas tend to live longer due to better nutrition and living conditions.
Basi was confirmed to be the world's oldest captive panda by Guinness World Records inAugust.
"With a heavy heart, we solemnly announce today that giant panda star Basi died at 8:50amat the age of 37," said the Straits Giant Panda Research and Exchange Centre in a statement.
The bear died of multiple illnesses including lever cirrhosis and renal failure, it said
Basi's body will be kept in a new museum constructed in her name.
She died a year after the death of her long-term keeper, Shi Feining, who had cared her Basi for27 years.
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