Data on diet and growth by giant panda in zoo Negara, Malaysia.

In this data article we present the determinations of the diet preference and growth of a pair of the giant panda, (David, 1869) from Zoo Negara Malaysia. Once considered as endangered, the captive giant pandas were given with nine species of local bamboo in separate indoor enclosures. We recorded data between May 25, 2014 and December 31, 2016 and analysed it based on food preference, the pattern toward food consumption and body weights using SPSS v25.