Red Panda | 台北市立動物園資訊網

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Common Name: Red panda

Scientific Name: Ailurus fulgens

Type: Mammals

Diet: Omnivore

Average Life Span In The Wild: 8 to 10 years

Size: 22 to 25 inches, plus tail of 15 to 19 inches

Weight: Eight to 17 pounds

Least Concern Extinct

Red pandas have shot to viral fame for their adorable looks[1], but there’s a lot more to these elusive animals than their kitten-like faces and striking reddish-brown coats. 

Red pandas, which grow to about the size of a house cat, are impressive acrobats that climb and swing on trees in their Asian forest homes, and they once sparked fierce debate about their relationship to giant pandas. Taxonomists previously assigned them to both the raccoon family and the bear family, but DNA research later revealed that they belong to their own unique family (Ailuridae) and genus (Ailurus).