LANZHOU, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- An infrared camera in a nature reserve in northwest China's Gansu Province has captured footage of a wild giant panda mother and her cub, a rare scene for the normally solitary species.

The 14-second clip showed the cub, which is estimated to be around 1 year old, wandering in the woods behind the mother at the Baishuijiang National Nature Reserve, said He Liwen, an official with the administration of the reserve.

He said wild giant panda fathers usually do not participate in raising cubs.

"Cubs usually leave their mothers at the age of two and start living alone. So the footage capturing two wild giant pandas together is rare," he said.

Located in the southern part of Gansu, the Baishuijiang reserve is home to many rare animal species, including giant pandas, golden snub-nosed monkeys, and takins.

The reserve has more than 180 infrared cameras installed, which shot over 2,000 video clips and 10,000 photos in the first quarter of this year.

He said the cameras have captured multiple footage of giant panda mothers and their cubs since last year, indicating the population of the species tends to be on the rise in the reserve.

The fourth national giant panda census, released in 2015, showed that Gansu had 132 wild giant pandas, of which 110 lived in the Baishuijiang reserve. Enditem