Red Panda
Also known as Ailurus fulgens, lesser panda, red cat-bear, fire fox, Himalayan raccoon, firefox
species of small mammal from the Ailuridae family, native to Eastern Himalayas and Southwest China
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The red panda is a small mammal from the Ailuridae family that lives in the Eastern Himalayas and Southwest China. It is a notable species due to its unique classification within its family and its native habitat in one of the world's most biodiverse regions.
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Endangered小熊猫（学名：Ailurus fulgens），也叫红熊猫或九節狼，是一种小型哺乳动物，原产于喜马拉雅山脉东部和中国西南地区，有着红褐色的皮毛和一条长而蓬松的尾巴，且由于其前肢较短，步态摇摆蹒跚。小熊猫长得比家猫略大，但躯干更长且体重较重。它是一种树栖（英语：arboreal）动物，主要以竹笋为主食，但也会杂食禽蛋、鸟类、昆虫和小型哺乳动物。在野外自然条件下它是一种独居动物（英语：solitary animal），黄昏到黎明是其主要活动期，而白天大部分时间处于静栖状态。 由于野外成年生存数量预估不足10000只，小熊猫已被國際自然保護聯盟归为瀕危物種。尽管小熊猫受到其范围内国家的法律保护，但是面临棲息地破壞、棲息地零碎化、偷獵以及近交衰退的种种威胁，其数量仍在不断减少。 小熊猫是小熊猫属和小熊猫科中唯一现仍存活的物种。它最开始被列为浣熊科和熊科，但系统发生学研究支持小熊猫所属的小熊猫科为一独立演化支系，并指出小熊猫有两类亞種，且和鼬科、浣熊科同属鼬总科（英语：Musteloidea）。小熊猫与现生熊科动物中相对较基群的大熊猫并无紧密关系。
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The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has dense reddish-brown fur with a black belly and legs, white-lined ears, a mostly white muzzle and a ringed tail. Its head-to-body length is 51–63.5 cm (20.1–25.0 in) with a 28–48.5 cm (11.0–19.1 in) tail, and it weighs between 3.2 and 15 kg (7.1 and 33.1 lb). It is well adapted to climbing due to its flexible joints and curved semi-retractile claws.
The red panda was formally described in 1825. The two recognised subspecies, the Himalayan and the Chinese red panda, genetically diverged about 250,000 years ago. The red panda's place on the evolutionary tree has been debated, but modern genetic evidence places it in close affinity with raccoons, weasels, and skunks. It is not closely related to the giant panda, which is a bear, though both possess elongated wrist bones or "false thumbs" used for grasping bamboo. The evolutionary lineage of the red panda (Ailuridae) stretches back around 25 to 18 million years ago, as indicated by extinct fossil relatives found in Eurasia and North America.