Red pandas live in the same areas of China as Giant Pandas, but they have a much wider ranger. Red pandas can also be found in Nepal and North Myanmar.
Red pandas spend the majority of their lives in trees. They even sleep in them.
Red pandas are active at dawn and dusk.
Red pandas have soft, thick fur that covers their whole body, even the soles of their feet. The fur on their feet helps them keep warm and prevents slipping on wet tree branches.
The reddish-brown fur of this animals helps it to blend in with the reddish-brown moss that covers many of the branches in its habitat.
Not counting their tails, red pandas are about the size of a house cat.
Red pandas are shy solitary animals and hard to study in the wild.
Red pandas eat about 2-4 pounds of bamboo leaves and shoots a day. Being carnivores they can't digest most of the bamboo they eat.
They also eat berries and other fruit, acorns, roots, bird eggs, lizards and bugs but bamboo makes up the majority of their diet.
Red pandas are endangered due to habitat loss.
Red pandas have 1-4 cubs. Cubs have gray fur at birth.
The red panda makes many sounds, the most unique is described as a 'quack-snort.'
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