The Red Panda is an endangered species.

     Red Pandas are endangered due to habitat loss which also decreases the amount of food they have to eat, fragmentation, poaching, and inbreeding depression. There are fewer than 2,500 adult Red Pandas in the world. The red panda is also hunted for it's fur which is used for to make traditional hats and clothing for people in China. The Snow Leopard and Martins or Weasels are a predator of the Red Panda they are also in their habitat. Also some humans are a predator to Red Pandas to.

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A Red Pandas habitat.

     Red Pandas live in the mountains of China, and are found in other mountains to the west. They are also found in rainforests and bamboo thickets. These spots that the Red Panda lives in are in the Countries of: Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Assam, Burma, China, and the Provinces of Yunnan and Szechuan. They live in a Broadleaf forests and a Coniferous forests. They will make a home in trees and in caves padded with twigs and dried leaves. Food that Red Pandas eat in these habitats are: bamboo shoots, wild berries, leaves, and other fruits in the Autumn.

What is a Red Panda?

     Red pandas were once thought to be closely related to the giant panda, but characteristics has shown they are more compatible with the raccoon and weasel families. The Red Panda is also called the lesser Panda or the Fire cat. They are secretive and gentle creatures, spending most of the day sleeping curled up with their tail wrapped around their head. A Red Panda is a small red furred Panda with a long fluffy tail, it looks more like a Raccoon. The Red Panda comes from the Raccoon family, also known as the Ailurus Fulgens which is a small arboreal mammal. Red Pandas aren't vicious when they are near humans they will just sniff you. Red Pandas don't only look like a raccoon but they sound like them too. If you got to the website below it will bring you to a research page, on the right hand side of the page is a littlebox that allows you to hear what a Red Panda sounds like, click the play button.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Red_Panda 

A Red Pandas skills.

     Red Pandas are really good at climbing trees and running. They can gallop, which is not easy for a bearlike creature and they can leap almost 6 feet forward. Red Pandas are really light (3.0 kg) this make it easier to climb and walk on really tiny limbs of trees. The Red Panda has been reported to be both nocturnal (most active at night) and crepuscular (most active at dawn and dusk). After pregnancy of about 134 days, litters of 1-4 young are born, young stay in the nest for about 90 days, remain close to their mother until next mating season begins, and reach adult size at about 12 months.

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http://animal.discovery.com/videos/return-of-the-fire-cat-mating-season.html

 What a Red Panda looks like.

     A Red Panda has a red coat, white face with red lines under the eyes, and a striped bushy long tail. It looks more like a raccoon than a giant panda. It weighs about 8 to 10 pounds and it's about three feet long with it's tail. They have a white short and pointed snout, brown nose, and black eyes. Their head is large for it's body. Red Pandas have 38 teeth and their legs are stout and bearlike.They don't get much bigger than just a regular big cat. People like to go see Red Pandas because of how adorable they are.