The red panda is a herbivorous mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It is listed as endangered due to a wild population of fewer than 10,000 individuals that continues to decline because of habitat loss, fragmentation, poaching, and inbreeding depression. Red pandas live in temperate forests with bamboo understories in the Himalayas between 8,000-18,000 feet in elevation, where they eat bamboo leaves and shoots. Conservation efforts aim to increase protected habitat areas and connect isolated populations while patrolling against threats.

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RED PANDA
 The red panda is a Herbivoran native to the
eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.
 It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN
(International Union for Conservation of
Nature) Red List because the wild population
is estimated at fewer than 10,000 mature
individuals and continues to decline due to
habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching,
and inbreeding depression.

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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
SIZE RELATIVE TO A 6-FT MAN
SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION

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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION ON MAP
RED PANDA
RANGE
Red pandas
live in the
Eastern
Himalayas
in places
like China,
Nepal, and
Bhutan.

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 It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN
Red List because the wild population is
estimated at fewer than 10,000 mature
individuals and continues to decline due to
habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching,
and inbreeding depression.
CONSERVATION STATUS

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Habitat of
Red
panda
Red Pandas live in Eastern Himalaya in places
like Bhutan, Nepal and China.
Red pandas live mostly in Cool temperate forests
with a shrubby understory dominated by thick
bamboo.
It lives in rainy, high-altitude forest. They spend
most of their lives in trees and even Sleep aloft.

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Ecology
of Red
panda
Red pandas live in high-altitude, temperate forests
with bamboo understories in the Himalayas and
other high mountains.
They range from northern Myanmar (Burma) to the
west Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces of China. They
are also found in suitable habitat in Nepal, India and
Tibet.

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Diet of
Red
panda
 Red Pandas are technically Omnivores but the
two-third of its diet consist mainly of Bamboo
Leaves and Shoots.
 Red pandas have powerful molars for chewing on
tough bamboo. Large, strong chewing muscles
and flattened teeth are adapted for chewing
bamboo .
 It also eats Flowers, Mushrooms and fruits Red
pandas dip their paws into water when they drink.

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Position of Red panda in
the food web
 Red pandas
are primary
consumers
therefore they
eat producers.

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Behavior of Red panda
 They are most active in the early morning and
late afternoon. (crepuscular)
 Spend most of the day resting in trees
(arboreal) conserving their energy.
 Red pandas are normally solitary creatures but
come together in pairs in the breeding season.

12. z Reproduction of Red panda
 Red pandas breed once a year in early winter.
 The females come into heat in January or
February, and it lasts one to three days.
 Adult red pandas rarely interact with each
other outside of the mating season.

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ENDANGERMENT
Habitat Loss and Deforestation
Red pandas also face threats from hunting and
poaching.
Livestock Herding
Climate Change
Low Red Panda Awareness

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MEASURES TO PROTECT OR SAVE RED
PANDA
• Increasing the area of Red Panda habitat under
legal protection.
• Creating green corridors to link isolated pandas.
• Patrolling against poaching, illegal logging, and
encroachment.
• Building local capacities for nature reserve
management.
• continuing research and monitoring.

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The red pandas use their physical stength, large
molar teeth and strong jaw muscles to protect
themselves.
DEFENSE MECHANISM OF RED PANDA

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 They sounds like a big
bear is in the room and if
they are stressed or
cornered they may even
defend themselves with
their sharp claws or
realese of foul smell
from their scent glands
on the intruder or stand
on their hind legs.

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They are unique—very unique : Saving them will
help preserve our world’s natural heritage.
Preserve the Ecological Integrity of South Asia .
More red pandas = more trees red panda
conservation also has a global impact: If we protect
red panda habitat, help to mitigate deforestation
RED PANDA CAN SAVE THE
ENVIRONMENT IF THEY ARE
CONSERVED:

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