The Probert Encyclopaedia of Nature

RED PANDA

The Red Panda, also known as the Lesser Panda or the Common Panda (Ailurus fulgens) is a tree-dwelling nocturnal - spending the day sleeping in tree branches - mammal of the Racoon family and closely related to the familiar Giant Panda, though it looks very different. The Red Panda is about 50cm long and is coloured black and chestnut, with white ears and a long bushy tail. The Red Panda is found in the mountainous forest regions of western China, northern Burma, and Nepal where it lives at higher altitudes where the temperature is cooler, and feeds mainly on bamboo shoots, grasses, roots, fruit and acorns supplemented by occasional eggs, insects, young birds and small rodents. Little is known of the habits of Red Pandas in the wild, though observation in captivity suggests they are gentle and perhaps live in family groups.
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