Reid panda

Red panda
	A reid panda at the Cincinnati Zoo
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Faimily:	Ailuridae
Genus:	Ailurus; F. Cuvier, 1825
Species:	A. fulgens
Binomial name
	Ailurus fulgens; F. Cuvier, 1825
Subspecies
	A. f. fulgens F. Cuvier, 1825; A. f. styani Thomas, 1902
	Range o the reid panda

reid panda

The reid panda (Ailurus fulgens), cried the lesser panda an reid cat-bear forby, is a smaw mammal hamelt in the eastren Himalayas an sooth-wast Cheenae that haes been classified as an Endangered bi IUCN as its wild population is estimatit at less nor 10,000 mature individuals. The population continues tae decline an is threatened bi habitat loss an fragmentation, poachin, an inbreedin depression, altho reid pandas are protectit bi naitional laws in thair range kintras.^[1]

The reid panda is slichtly lairger than a domestic cat. It has reiddish-broun fur, a lang, shaggy tail, an a waddlin gait due tae its shorter front legs. It is arboreal an feeds mainly on bamboo, but is omnivorous an is kent tae eats eggs, birds, inssects, an smaw mammals. It is a solitary ainimal, mainly active frae dusk tae dawn, an is lairgely sedentary durin the day.

The reid panda is the anely livin species o the genus Ailurus an the faimily Ailuridae. It haes been previously placed in the raccoon an beir faimilies, but results o phylogenetic research indicate strang support for its taxonomic classification in its awn faimily Ailuridae, which alang wi the weasel faimily is pairt o the superfaimily Musteloidea.^[4] Traditionally it wis thoucht to hae twa subspecies.^[3] Houiver , genetic analysis indicates that thare are likly twa reid panda species, the Chinese reid panda and the Himalayan reid panda, that genetically diverged 0.22 million years aby.^[5] A 1995 mitochondrial DNA analysis revealed that the red panda has close affinities with procyonids.^[6]

References

1 2 Glatston, A.; Wei, F.; Than Zaw; Sherpa, A. (2015). "Ailurus fulgens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T714A110023718. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T714A45195924.en. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
↑ Thomas, O. (1902). "On the Panda of Sze-chuen". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Seventh Series. X. London: Gunther, A.C.L.G., Carruthers, W., Francis, W. pp. 251–252. doi:10.1080/00222930208678667.
1 2 "Species Ailurus fulgens". MSW3 Wozencraft. Archived frae the original on 24 Juin 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2025.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
↑ Flynn, J. J.; Nedbal, M. A.; Dragoo, J. W.; Honeycutt, R. L. (2000). "Whence the Red Panda?" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 17 (2): 190–199. doi:10.1006/mpev.2000.0819. PMID 11083933. Retrieved 23 September 2009.
↑ Groves, C. (2021). "The taxonomy and phylogeny of Ailurus". In Glatston, A. R. (ed.). Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda (Second ed.). London: Academic Press. pp. 95–117. ISBN 978-0-12-823753-3.
↑ Pecon-Slattery, J. & O'Brien, S. J. (1995). "Molecular phylogeny of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens)". The Journal of Heredity. 86 (6): 413–422. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a111615. PMID 8568209.

Freemit airtins

Reid Panda Network, USA – The warld's anly non-profit organization dedicated tae reid panda conservation.
Reid Panda Network, Nepal Archived 2009-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
ARKive: Reid panda Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine Archived 2008-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
Ainimal Diversity Wab Ailurus fulgens. Retrieved on 2009-11-26.
Ainimal Info: Reid Panda
Birmingham Nature Centre Archived 2015-06-16 at the Wayback Machine – UK breedin program. Retrieved on 2009-11-26.

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[iucn-1] 1 2 Glatston, A.; Wei, F.; Than Zaw; Sherpa, A. (2015). "Ailurus fulgens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T714A110023718. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T714A45195924.en. Retrieved 29 October 2018.

[thomas_1902-2] Thomas, O. (1902). "On the Panda of Sze-chuen". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Seventh Series. X. London: Gunther, A.C.L.G., Carruthers, W., Francis, W. pp. 251–252. doi:10.1080/00222930208678667.

[msw3-3] 1 2 "Species Ailurus fulgens". MSW3 Wozencraft. Archived frae the original on 24 Juin 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2025.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

[Flynn_2000-4] Flynn, J. J.; Nedbal, M. A.; Dragoo, J. W.; Honeycutt, R. L. (2000). "Whence the Red Panda?" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 17 (2): 190–199. doi:10.1006/mpev.2000.0819. PMID 11083933. Retrieved 23 September 2009.

[taxonomy-5] Groves, C. (2021). "The taxonomy and phylogeny of Ailurus". In Glatston, A. R. (ed.). Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda (Second ed.). London: Academic Press. pp. 95–117. ISBN 978-0-12-823753-3.

[6] Pecon-Slattery, J. & O'Brien, S. J. (1995). "Molecular phylogeny of the red panda (Ailurus fulgens)". The Journal of Heredity. 86 (6): 413–422. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a111615. PMID 8568209.

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