The document discusses red pandas, providing details about their appearance, habitat, diet, predators, role in the environment, threats from humans, and conservation efforts. Red pandas have red fur, live in forests of the Himalayas eating bamboo, and are threatened by habitat loss from bamboo harvesting and illegal hunting. Conservation efforts aim to protect their bamboo habitat and stop unsustainable hunting.

1. Red Panda! Name: Hannah Donaldson Grade: 6 School: Fessenden

2. Kingdom: Animalia Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Procyonidae Scientific name: Ailurus Fulgens Classification

3. Appearance Have a bronze\red coloured fur. They are the size of a house cat Brown eyes Has whiskars White cheeks

4. Habitat They live in the forests of the Himalayas (Which passes through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and Nepal.) Also lives in the high mountains of northern Burma, western Sichuan and Yunnan. But, they are built to live in forests.

5. Life Cycle Mothers have between 1-4 cubs Cubs stay with their mothers for 1 ½ years. Full grown in 18 months. They give birth in the summer.

6. Diet Eats bamboo Eats small birds Eats mammals Eats reptiles Eats bird eggs

7. Predators Snow leopard Martens Humans

8. How do Red pandas help the environment They are an ambassador for clean air and water for 1 billion people. They help keep the animal population down since they are omnivores and so we don’t get a big overload of one animal.

9. How do humans impact the natural environment of the Red panda. Humans cut down bamboo trees which is their main food source Humans hunt red pandas even though, it is illegal.

10. How can we keep red pandas from being extinct. We can stop hunting them for their fur and for their meat . We can also stop cutting down bamboo trees.

11. Facts Discovered in 1825 Can jump 5 feet from branch to branch. Red pandas are good climbers. The Latin name for red panda means “fire coloured cat” or “shining cat.”

12. References Bearlife.org Denverzoo.org Answers.com National Geographic.com Red Panda Network ANIMAL By: David Burnie and Don E. Wilson