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The red panda is specialized as a bamboo feeder with strong, curved and sharp semi-retractile claws

The Red Panda, Firefox, Fire Cat, or Lesser Panda , "or Ailurus fulgens ("shining cat"), is a mostly herbivorous mammal, specialized as a bamboo feeder. It is slightly larger than a domestic cat (40 - 60 cm long, 3 - 6 kg weight). The Red Panda is endemic to the Himalayas in Bhutan, southern China, India, Laos, Nepal, and Burma. Red Panda is the state animal in the Indian state of Sikkim. It is also the mascot of the Darjeeling international festivals. There is an estimated population of fewer than 2,500 mature individuals. Their population continues to decline due to habitat fragmentation.

The red panda lives between 2,200 and 4,800 meters (7,200 and 15,700 ft) altitude

The red panda lives in the temperate forests of the Himalayas, and ranges from the foothills of western Nepal to China in the east.

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Adults are solitary except during mating season.

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Red pandas clean their fur like a cat, licking their front paws and then rubbing their back, stomach and sides.

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Red Pandas

Red Pandas (Paws and Claws) [Library Binding]

Farley the Red Panda

Farley the Red Panda (US) (Footprint Reading Library: Level 2) [Paperback]

Farley the Red Panda (US) (Footprint Reading Library: Level 2)

by: Rob Waring

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At America's San Diego Zoo, they have a new special animal. It's a "red panda" named "Farley.

Red pandas are excellent climbers, and forage largely in trees.

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The average lifespan is 8%u201310 years, but individuals have been known to reach 15 years.

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Panda Kindergarten

by: Joanne Ryder

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Local names

The red panda's local names differ from place to place. The Lepcha people call it sak nam. In Nepal, the species is called bhalu biralo (bear-cat) and habre. The Sherpa people of Nepal and Sikkim call it ye niglva ponva and wah donka. The word w%u1EAD%u02D0 is Sunuwari meaning bear; in Tamang language, a small, red bear is called t%u0101w%u0101m. In the Kanchenjunga region of eastern Nepal, the Limbus know red pandas as Kaala, which literally means dark because of their underside pelage; villagers of Tibetan origin call them Hoptongar.