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This fanlisting is dedicated to Red Pandas.
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Name: Red Panda
Scientific Name: Ailurus fulgens
Conservation status: Endangered
Red Pandas are found in the southern part of China, India, Nepal, and the Himalaya Mountains.
Red pandas are about fifty-sixty centimeters long and they weigh between three to five kilograms. They have chestnut colored hair, and their faces have white designs. The Red Panda is most active in the early morning and late afternoon spending most of the day resting in trees conserving their energy as their bamboo diet has a low energy content - although classed as a carnivore, Red Pandas eat mainly bamboo shoots, grass and fruit with the occasional egg, insect or small animal. They are normally solitary creatures but form pairs in the breeding season. They act alone, not in groups. In recent years, more zoos in Japan are breeding Red Pandas. They have become popular for how they look.
Interesting facts:
* The Chinese name for red panda is hunho or firefox, due to their colour and similar size to a fox.
* Like giant pandas, red pandas have an extra 'thumb' which is simply an enlarged bone.
* Claws are sharp and partly retractable.
* A red panda can consume up to 45 percent of its own body weight daily eating approximately 200,000 bamboo leaves daily.
* The origin of the name "panda" is the Nepalese word "nigalya ponya", which has the meaning of "eater of bamboo".
* The red panda was first discovered in 1821, 48 years before the giant pandas were found in 1869.
To know more about this georgeous animals, check the following links:
Red Pandas at wikipedia
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Red Pandas at BBC
brief informations and pictures