RED PANDA GIFS

The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is a small arboreal mammal native to the eastern Himalayas, and south-western China, that has been classified as vulnerable, as its wild population is estimated at less than 10,000 mature individuals. The population continues to decline and is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and inbreeding depression, although red pandas are protected by national law in their range countries.

Red pandas are excellent climbers, and forage largely in trees. They eat mostly bamboo, and may eat small mammals, birds, eggs, flowers and berries. In captivity, they were observed to eat birds, flowers, maple and mulberry leaves, and bark and fruits of maple, beech and mulberry.

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