Red panda

Hey guys,
Today's post is about the very cute Red panda


The Red panda also called the lesser panda or the red bear cat is a mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southern China.

It's main features are its reddish brown fur a long shaggy tail and it's short legs. The creatures body length measures about 50 to 64 cm, it is slightly larger than an average domestic cat.

It mainly feeds on bamboo, but also eats eggs, birds and insects.

Here are some Red pandas in action
Interesting Facts:

  • The Red panda are considered to be endangered with a wild population of only 10,000 mature individuals.
  • These animals are the only living species to be in the Ailurus genus and the family Ailuridae
  • The species are generally quite with only some twittering and twitting/whistling for communication
-Joelle

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