The red panda is a carnivore which is native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It is estimated that there are fewer than 10,000 mature individuals in the wild. Despite its name, it is not related to the giant panda.
The red panda has reddish-brown fur, a long, shaggy tail, and a waddling gait due to its shorter front legs; it is about the size of a domestic cat, though with a longer body. It feeds mainly on bamboo, but also eats eggs, birds, and insects. It is a solitary animal, mainly active from dusk to dawn, and is largely sedentary during the day.
It is also called the lesser panda, the red bear-cat, and the red cat-bear.
Red Panda Facts
Red panda can be found in the Nepal, India, Bhutan, China, Laos and Myanmar.
Red pandas are mammals.
The red panda is not actually a panda.
The red panda is the first panda.
The red panda was named 48 years before the giant panda.
The red panda is the only surviving member of the family Ailuridae.
There are fossils of red panda in North America.
Red panda is also known as “Fire Fox”.
Red panda lives in mountain forests.
Red panda can reach 20 to 26 inches in length.
Red panda can reach 7 to 14 pounds in weight.
Its tail can be 12 to 20 inches long.
Red pandas have 38 teeth.
Red panda spends most of its life in the trees.
Red panda is an omnivore.
The red panda diet is almost exclusively bamboo.
It also eats fruit, roots, eggs and small mammals.
The red panda’s lifespan is eight to ten years in the wild.
A red panda is a bit larger than a domestic cat.
Red panda rests most of the day because of its low calorie diet.
Red pandas can run up to 40 kmph.
Red panda is a solitary creature.
Red panda is active during the day.
The snow leopard is its main predator.
Mating season of the red panda takes place early in the winter.
Baby red pandas are called cubs.
Red pandas can have up to 4 cubs.
A red panda cub weighs just about 3.5 ounces at birth.
Cubs stay with their mothers in the birthing den for around ninety days.
There are fewer than 10000 red pandas left in the world.
There are only 2500 left in the wild.
The Mozilla Firefox logo is actually a red panda.
Master Shifu in the movie Kung Fu Panda is a red panda.
