General Information

 

 

Introduction

Red Panda focusing

The Red Panda is a very interesting animal and is widely known as the lesser panda or “firefox”. Though the Red Panda used to be in families Procyonidae (raccoons) and Ursidae (bears), fairly recently, scientists have created a separate family called Ailuridae for the unique Red Panda species. The Red Panda has two subspecies which are Ailurus fulgens fulgens, which is most commonly found in China, Nepal, India, and Bhutan. The other subspecies is Ailurus fulgens styani which is is only found in China.

Informative video about Red Pandas

Chart on different parts of the Red Pandas body

Classification

Kingdom:     Animalia –  The animal kingdom, Multicellular, heterotrophic, eukaryotic organisms, reproduce sexually.

Phylum:        Chordata – Animals with a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve chord, pharyngeal slits, endostyle, and a post-anal tail.

Subphylum: Vertebrata – Chordates with a back bone to encase the hollow dorsal nerve chord.

Class:             Mammalia – Warm-blooded vertebrates that give live birth, and have hair.

Order:            Carnivora – Animals that eat other animals and in some cases omnivores.

Family:          Ailuridea – Only Red pandas. Bear and raccoon like.

Genus:           Ailurus – Lesser Panda’s

Species:         fulgens – “Shinning cat” Fire colored. Only Red Pandas

Sub-species: Ailurus fulgens fulgens- Most commonly found in China, Nepal, India, and Bhutan.

                             Ailurus fulgens styani- Only found in China

Scientific Name:   Ailurus fulgens