All About Red Pandas
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Photograph by National Geographic
- Currently endangered
- Are mammals
- Scientific name is Ailurus fulgens (WWF)
- Specimens date back to 25 million to 2 million years ago (Redpandanetwork)
- Classified as a relative to the giant panda and also racoon (NationalGeographic)
- Mainly Herbivore
- Diet consists of berries, blossoms, bird eggs, and bamboo leaves (Heath & Platnick, 2008)
- Main predator is the snow leopard (Heath & Platnick, 2008)
- Communicate using body language and noises (Redpandanetwork)
- Their size ranges from 20 to 26 inches and their tail 12 to 20 inches (NationalGeographic)
- Weigh from 12 to 20lbs (NationalGeographic)
- Found in Nepal and northern Myanmar and central China (WWF)
- Breed once yearly during early winter (Heath & Platnick, 2008)
- Females give birth in the spring and summer to one to four young (NationalGeographic)
- Less than 10,000 individuals (WWF)
- Typical life span is 8-10 years (Heath & Platnick, 2008)
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Red pandas are normally peaceful animals and are even scared by people as seen in this video. |
Video by GeTdaily