Fact file

what do red pandas eat?
Bamboo,insects,berries,mushrooms.








how many red pandas are left?
There are about 2,500 to 2,000 of them left, because Asia uses their fur for coats and hats, this species is considered endangered.








what is there other name?
The Red Panda is also called the 'Lesser Panda' and looks more like a red raccoon.






were do red pandas live?
Red Pandas are native to southeastern Asia, along a crescent formed by the Himalaya Mountains in Nepal, southern Tibet China, Bhutan, and northeast India, then east into the highlands of Myanmar (Burma), the Gongshan Mountains of Yunnan China, and the Hengduan Mountains of Sichuan China. The latter area is thought to have been a refuge for Red Pandas, as well as many other animals, during the last (Pleistocene) period of glaciation. The gorge of the Brahmaputra River, as it loops around the eastern end of the Himalayas, is considered a natural division between the two subspecies, although some suggest the A. f. fulgens range extends more eastwardly into Yunnan China. Red pandas used to have a broader distribution farther northeast into China and southwest into India.




why are red pandas endangered?
the red panda is endangered mainly because their bamboo forests which they live in and eat bamboo. Plus they are also hunted because of their fox like tail which in China is considered as a good luck charm for newlywed couples. They are also endangered because of pollution, disease, deforestation, and other animals eating them such as the african wild dog l;ike a little red bird in the herd wioth the yalk in the chalkyth guy with the ugly regular panda 







Are red pandas an endangered species?

Technically Red Pandas are considered vulnerable which is the next step down from being endangered. If we don't do something quickly, they will become endangered soon