Red Panda

Red Panda

have you seen a red panda?????

Red Panda or the scientific name Ailurus fulgens is a kind of mammal in the order Carnivora.As the name implies, the Red Panda have thick fur in maroon and black-legged. His face is round white with brownish red line from eye to mouth. Tail long with a ring of twelve young brown-red and criss-cross. Tread feet covered by a white fur, which is useful to keep the body warm and to walk on snow or ice surface.

This species was first described to the world of knowledge in 1825. Taxonomic classification of the Red Panda has long caused controversy. Previously placed in the tribe of the Red Panda bear family Ursidae that have a commonality with the Panda bear, both have five toes with an extra finger in addition to the five fingers. Extra finger is a modified wrist bone. Red Panda is also placed in a single tribe Ailuridae. But now the species is placed in the tribe Procyonidae, because of its similarity to animal species in the raccoon family. Red Panda is the only species in subsuku Ailurinae and a single genus Ailurus.

Regional distribution of the Red Panda is in Central Asia. This species is found in forests of the Himalayas, Bhutan, People's Republic of China, India, Laos, Myanmar and Nepal.Red Panda is active in the morning and evening. In the afternoon, they were sleeping and resting on a branch. Although carnivorous animals have a digestive system, such as Red Panda has a habit of herbivorous animals. Its main food is bamboo, and including various fruits, roots, grasses, berries and other vegetation. For extra nutrition, Red Panda also eat eggs, young birds, insects and small animals.

Red pandas are usually female panda gave birth to two kittens. Children born panda is blind time, and began to see after only three weeks. Adult male has no role in rearing cubs. Red Panda males are territorial animals, they mark territory with their hormones menggesekan sac in the objects contained in the will On the basis of forest habitat loss and illegal arrests continuing to trade and to take the feathers and regions and populations where the species is found limited, the Red Panda evaluated as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The species is listed in CITES Appendix I.

Yeah, they are so cute and funny