Red Panda, Ailurus fulgens
The Red Panda, Ailurus fulgens, also known as the Lesser Panda, Bear Cat or Fire Fox, is a mostly herbivorous mammal, slightly larger than a domestic cat.
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I though it was raccoon.
hey im doing a report on red pandas and i am in need of some assistance. do u know any more about them? natalie
well red pandas are mostly ound in the eastern part of the world like india and china! they feed mostly on bamboo, and love to climb. female red pandas will make a "nest" persay and have 1-5 babies. male red pandas however make themselves scarce, except in mating season and when they are with the mother and babies. The red panda is an endangered species, and has gone extict in two parts on china, where they were commonly known to be found, because of decrease in habitat, or cutting down forests to make more room for us, and from poachers who kill them to sell their fur. Nd yes a red panda does closly resemble a raccoon, and if you look at its face it almost looks like a fox! But alas it not a fox or a raccoon. it is actually really cute! excpecially when it walks! the red pandas front legs are angled inward, leading to a waddled walk! it kinda walks like a new born puppy! the red panda also has a maximum life span of 14 years, but on average will only live 8 to 10 year.
The red panda is dwarfed by the black-and-white giant that shares its name. These pandas typically grow to the size of a house cat, though their big, bushy tails add an additional 18 inches (46 centimeters). The pandas use their ringed tails as wraparound blankets in the chilly mountain heights.
The red panda shares the giant panda's rainy, high-altitude forest habitat, but has a wider range. Red pandas live in the mountains of Nepal and northern Myanmar (Burma), as well as in central China.
These animals spend most of their lives in trees and even sleep aloft. When foraging, they are most active at night as well as in the gloaming hours of dusk and dawn.
Red pandas have a taste for bamboo but, unlike their larger relatives, they eat many other foods as well—fruit, acorns, roots, and eggs. Like giant pandas, they have an extended wrist bone that functions almost like a thumb and greatly aids their grip.
They are shy and solitary except when mating. Females give birth in the spring and summer, typically to one to four young. Young red pandas remain in their nests for about 90 days, during which time their mother cares for them. (Males take little or no interest in their offspring.)
The red panda has given scientists taxonomic fits. It has been classified as a relative of the giant panda, and also of the raccoon, with which it shares a ringed tail. Currently, red pandas are considered members of their own unique family—the Ailuridae.
Red pandas are endangered, victims of deforestation. Their natural space is shrinking as more and more forests are destroyed by logging and the spread of agriculture.
The Red Panda, also called the "Fire Cat," is a tree dwelling mammal, which looks like a raccoon, with its bushy tail and white and black markings across its face. Characterized by its red fur, the Red Panda looks very different from its larger relative the Giant Panda. There are two species of Red Panda. One subspecies is found only in China, while the subspecies found in India is also found in parts of Southern China.
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very cute red panda!
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Hi There !!
It looks very cute. very nice picture too. :)
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Annete Duffel
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