Red pandas live in the rainy mountain forests of Nepal, India, Bhutan, northern Myanmar (Burma), and central China. They spend the vast majority of their lives in trees, where they sleep and sunbathe. Red pandas are considered full-grown around two years of age and reach the size of a fluffy house cat. They Can Endure Cold Weather The red panda is a rare species, whose numbers continue to decline. Deforestation is the primary threat to the red pandas’ survival. Habitat fragmentation from logging and agriculture have resulted in the loss of bamboo and threatened their numbers. Red pandas are also hunted, and cubs are sold in the illegal pet trade. The red panda is an endangered species and is protected under their listing in Appendix I of CITES, the Convention on the International Trade in Threatened and Endangered Species. In Nepal, known populations occur in Langtang National Park, Sagarmatha National Park, Makalu Barun National Park, Rara National Park, Annapurna Conservation Area, Kanchenjunga Conservation Area, and in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve. Red panda's activity changes throughout the year based on the temperature, feeding regimes, and the presence of young. The normally solitary A. fulgens are most active at dusk, dawn, and during the night. Movement on the ground is done by a slow, cross-extension gait, and faster bounding or trotting. Ailurus fulgens is arboreal, sleeping in nests in evergreens. They descend trees headfirst and display their flexibility as they move from branch to branch. The tail is used for balance when in trees, while on the ground it is carried straight and horizontally.

The cubs remain nest-bound for 90 days, at which point, they take their first steps out of the nest. The mother shares a close bond with her young until the start of the next mating season when they become aggressive. Pandas are weaned at about 12 months, when they reach adulthood. The maximum lifespan for a captive red panda is 17 years of age, but the average is 8 to 10. The average lifespan in the wild is unknown. The two subspecies are similar in appearance, with Styan’s red panda possibly being slightly larger and having a darker coat – although there is a degree of variation even between members of the same subspecies. Red pandas live in temperate forests at elevations between 4,900 and 13,000 feet and will move lower during the cold, winter months. Red pandas are considered endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the organization that determines the conservation status of plant and animal species. While no one knows the exact number of animals in the wild, a 2015 estimate put the population at 10,000, a 50 percent drop since 1997.

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The red panda population has declined significantly (an estimated 50%) over just 3 generations. The main threats to the red panda are mainly linked to the growing human population in the Himalayas. These include: These are solitary animals that you can only see together during mating season, in winter. Their young are born in spring and summer, and litters usually consist of between one and four babies. The young remain nest-bound for around 90 days. They make their first excursion from the nest at night. The young and mother share a close relationship until the young becomes aggressive at the onset of the next breeding season. Males have a small or nonexistent role in raising and caring for the young.

Red panda young weigh between three and five ounces at birth. Females have olfactory memory and can recognize their young by the odors they emit directly after birth. After the first week, the mother spends less and less time with her young, returning every couple of hours to nurse and groom her cubs, in addition to keeping the nest tidy. Fathers play little to no role in rearing their offspring. The red panda is an arboreal (tree-dwelling) species. It is an excellent climber, and when in the branches uses its tail for balance. It is able to climb down a tree head first by rotating its ankles. Six weeks is what starts we call the popcorn stage,” says Glass. “They just sort of leap randomly every so often, maybe into a wall, maybe each other.” Glass says they venture outside of the den around three months old, and only start to gain real control of their bodies at four of five months old.Western red panda ''Ailurus fulgens fulgens''— lives in the western part of its range: in Nepal, Assam, Sikkim and Bhutan; Red pandas teeth aren’t like that of herbivores but carnivores instead. A fully-grown red panda has a mouth full of about 38 teeth.

During a survey in the 1970s, signs of red pandas were found in Nepal's Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve. Their presence was confirmed in spring 2007 when four red pandas were sighted at elevations ranging from When provoked or threatened, red pandas will stand on their hind legs to appear larger. 14. Red Pandas HibernateOn the positive side, there are now worldwide efforts in place to save red pandas. Some habitat has been designated as protected areas. There are 20 such protected areas in India, 35 in China, 8 in Nepal, and 5 in Bhutan. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance supports the Red Panda Network, a nonprofit organization that identifies unprotected red panda habitat and trains “forest guardians” to conduct awareness-building workshops on red pandas at local villages and work with villagers to establish new protected areas. Forest guardians also continue baseline conservation research and monitoring of red panda populations. At night, red pandas’ whiskers work with their eyesight so they can know their way about. Moreover, whiskers help these creatures find food. The Brahmaputra river is often considered the natural division between the two subspecies, where it makes a curve around the eastern end of the Himalayas. Although some authors suggest that ''A. f. fulgens'' extends farther eastward, into China.The red panda's local names differ from place to place. The Lepcha people call it ''sak nam''. In Nepal, the species is called ''bhalu biralo'' and ''habre''. The Sherpa people of Nepal and Sikkim call it ''ye niglva ponva'' and ''wah donka''. The word ''wậː'' is Sunuwari meaning ''bear''; in Tamang language, a small, red bear is called ''tāwām''. In the Kanchenjunga region of eastern Nepal, the Limbus know red pandas as ''Kaala'', which literally means dark because of their underside pelage; villagers of Tibetan origin call them ''Hoptongar''. The Styan's red panda is supposedly larger and darker in color than its Western cousin, but there is considerable variation in both subspecies, and some individuals may be brown or yellowish brown rather than red. Red pandas have broad, bushy tails that you can clearly see unlike that of the giant pandas. It’s very long, reaching about 10-20 in (30-50 cm) in length.