Red panda

Red panda
Ailurus fulgens / Red panda

Red panda

Habitat: temperate mountain forests with lots of bamboo thickets
Continent: Asia
Food: mainly bamboo, but also small vertebrates, bird eggs, fruits
Gestation/breeding period: 135 days
Mode of life: Solitary or mother with offspring
Class: Mammals
Order: Carnivora

Key facts

~ 70 cm
lenght

3 - 6 kg
weight

~ 15 years
age

How endangered are Red pandas?

by IUCN (Red List of Threatened Species)

Not evaluated
Data deficient
Least concern
Near threatened
Vulnerable
Endangered Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct in the wild
Extinct

Did you know?

The red panda is not related to the giant panda.

Red panda