Red+Panda

**Phlya:** Chordata


 * Class:** Mammaila


 * Scientific Name:** //Ailurus fulgens//


 * Location:** Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces in China, in the Himalayas, and in Myanmar.


 * Size:** 80 to 120 cm long


 * Living requirement:** Cool Temeptures, bamboo


 * Habitat:** cool temperate bamboo forests.


 * Life cycle:** After a gestation of about 134 days, litters of one to four young are born. Young stay in the nest for about 90 days, remain close to their mother until the next mating season begins, and reach adult size at about 12 months. Adult red pandas lead solitary lives.


 * Male and Female difference:** None


 * Endangered:** Red pandas are endangered because of habitat loss. There are fewer than 2,500 adult red panda. CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) are helping there problem.


 * Facts:**
 * Eats 80 pounds of bambbo a day.
 * Has small features like a cat but the markings of a panda or raccoon.



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