Red panda
Ailurus fulgens / 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 on the zoo tour
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