Red Pandas are their genus’s only (two) species; further, they are the only living members of their family, Ailuridae.
They are only very distantly related to Giant Pandas.
Giant Pandas are bears, members of the Ursidae family.
Red Pandas are more closely related to weasels, skunks and raccoons, as fellow members of the superfamily, Musteloidea.
Red Pandas’ range is wider than Giant Pandas’, although both live in moist, mountain forests, and both are predominantly eaters of bamboo.
Both live in Labahe, but one is much more likely to see the much smaller, much more limber Reds.
A Red Panda’s body is a little larger than a well-fed, full-sized domestic cat’s.
A Red Panda’s tail, however, is very much longer and altogether more “luxurious” than is any domestic cat’s.
As you can see in my photos – all taken on the morning on October 25, 2019 – Red Pandas do not only eat bamboo; they actively seek out other, more nutritious, more flavoursome/sweeter things.
Their “endangered species” status is primarily due to the destruction of suitable habitat, but is also a consequence of poaching.
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