When it comes to cute animals, you don't get much cuter than Red Pandas.
Red Pandas are one of the cutest animals in the animal kingdom today. They are also gentle in nature and playful too. Red Pandas are largely solitary in the wild.
In the wild, Red Pandas live in forests in the eastern Himalayas. They usually live in the trees most of the time in the forests. Red Pandas are only found living with a few countries in the wild, these include Myanmar, China and Nepal.
Red Pandas are amazing and adorable. But, they are also sadly an endangered species today. Let's look at the top 5 amazing facts about Red Pandas!
5 Two Species
A recent discovery found that Red Pandas aren't just one species. Instead, it is now thought that Red Pandas are two different species (or subspecies).
4 Eating Bamboo
Like with Giant Pandas, the Red Panda mostly eats bamboo. However, they also sometimes eat other things, such as other small animals.
Red Pandas may be small, but, they can eat a lot. It's estimated that Red Pandas eat thousands of bamboo leafs every single day.
3 Nocturnal Animals
Most of the pictures and footage we have of Red Pandas is taken of Red Pandas during the daylight. Surprisingly though, Red Pandas are nocturnal animals.
They sleep during most of the day.
2 Red Pandas And Scents
Red Pandas will detect scents in a unique way, these cute animals detect scents with their tongues: they will also test out new scents with their tongue too.
1 The Only Ones Left
Red Pandas are the last of their kind, in the sense that they are the only remaining members of their family to exist today.
Their family is called the Ailuridae family. Today, every member of the Ailuridae family is extinct, the only species of the family left are Red Pandas.
Bonus Fact
Red Pandas were given the name 'Panda' decades before the Giant Panda was given the name. Giant Pandas were given the name 'Panda' due to the Giant Pandas having similarities with the Red Pandas; this is why they both have a similar name.
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