1. Save the panda from extinction!!!!

2. How they look  A red panda is a size of a pet cat.  They have red fur and a long thick tail.  They eat mostly bamboo.  They spend most of their time in trees.  They live in mountain forest.

3. Panda’s Habitat  They are found in high mountain bamboo forest in southern Asia- in parts of China (Sichuan and Yunnan), Bhutan, Nepal and the Himalayas, and Myanmar (Burma).

4. Red Panda  A close relative of the giant panda, the red panda is now classified in its own family. Like bears, they have an extension of their wrist its bone that is similar to a thumb, but an like bears, they can only partly pull in their claws. The red pandas has a number of names, including fire fox and lesser panda. The word ‘panda’ is thought to come from the Nepalese word ‘ponya’. It is also known as a cat bear because it was thought to be a bear, and it washes it s entire body like a cat does.

5. What they eat  Red panda eat mostly bamboo, but they also eat acorns, berries, blossoms, lichen and sometimes eggs. They have small bones that acts like thumb, helping them grip the bamboo stalks as they eat. Because bamboo does not provide a great deal of nutrition, red pandas spend a great deal of time sleeping in order to conserve energy.

6. Red Pandas life cycle  Cubs area born in summer. About 130 days after mating with a male, a female red panda gives birth between 1-4 young ones. Before they era born the female makes a nest in a hollow tree or rocks and lines it with plants. The young stays in the nest about 90 days, then stays with their mother until the next cubs are born in summer, when they leave. They are fully grown at 12 months.

7. Status and Threats  Red pandas are classified as Endangered!  They are protected in Nepal and China. The main reasons for the decline in their no. is loss of habitat. There are properly only about 2,500 adult red pandas left in the wild. Main threats are from snow leopards, martens and humans. Red pandas live for about 8-10 years, but can live for 15 years. Predator  Snow Leopard

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