Red Panda

Facts

• They were given the name ‘panda’ first; about fifty years before the black and white panda
• There is a web browser named after them called firefox.
• Red pandas are not related to Giant pandas they belong to the family Ailuridae.
• Baby red pandas are called cubs.
• Red Pandas have an adapted thumb to help grab bamboo

Info

COMMON NAME: Red Panda

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ailurus fulgens

TYPE: Mammals

DIET: Herbivore

AVERAGE LIFE SPAN IN THE WILD: 8 years

SIZE: Head and body: 20 to 26 inches; tail: 12 to 20 inches

WEIGHT: 12 to 20 pounds

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