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The Red Panda is native to the Himalayas in Nepal and southern China. The word panda is derived from Nepalese word "ponya" which means bamboo and plants eating animals in Nepal.
This adolescent panda was hard to photograph and so full of energy. I wish I would have gotten the whole top of his head to include his cute ears.
Le petit panda, panda roux, panda fuligineux ou panda éclatant (Ailurus fulgens), est un mammifère originaire de l'Himalaya et de la Chine méridionale.
Ailurus fulgens est le seul représentant du genre Ailurus.
Photo prise au Zoo de Pessac
Le parc zoologique de Bordeaux Pessac a ouvert ses portes en 1976. Il se situe sur la commune de Pessac, dans le département français de la Gironde. Il occupe un site de 5 hectares et accueille 100 000 visiteurs par an.
Le parc zoologique, repris en mars 2004 par la holding Wild Nature, est également membre de l'Association nationale des parcs zoologiques.
Il présente, sur 5 hectares, 250 animaux appartement à 100 espèces : grues couronnées, flamants roses, autruches, wallabies, demoiselles de Numidie, nandous, mangoustes jaunes, tapirs, capybaras, servals, chats pêcheurs, loutres d’Asie, ratons laveurs, ibis et magots.
Sur le thème de la savane africaine sont présentés des marabouts, des zèbres, des lions et des pélicans.
Des espaces modernes et naturels ont été créés pour remplacer les vieilles installations. Entre autres la taiga des tigres et la forets des loups.
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also called lesser panda and red cat-bear, is a small arboreal mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and south-western China that has been classified as vulnerable by IUCN as its wild population is estimated at less than 10,000 mature individuals. The population continues to decline and is threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and inbreeding depression, although red pandas are protected by national laws in their range countries.
The red panda is slightly larger than a domestic cat. It has reddish-brown fur, a long, shaggy tail, and a waddling gait due to its shorter front legs. It feeds mainly on bamboo, but is omnivorous and also eats eggs, birds, insects, and small mammals. It is a solitary animal, mainly active from dusk to dawn, and is largely sedentary during the day.
The red panda is the only living species of the genus Ailurus and the family Ailuridae. It has been previously placed in the raccoon and bear families, but results of phylogenetic research indicate strong support for its taxonomic classification in its own family Ailuridae, which along with the weasel family is part of the superfamily Musteloidea. Two subspecies are recognized. It is not closely related to the giant panda.
Shot in Pessac
The zoo Bordeaux Pessac opened its doors in 1976. It is located in the commune of Pessac, in the French department of Gironde. It occupies a site of 5 hectares and hosts 100,000 visitors annually.
The Zoo, taken in March 2004 by holding the Wild Nature, is also a member of the National Association of Zoological Parks.
It has, on 5 acres, 250 animals apartment 100 species crowned cranes, flamingos, ostriches, wallabies, ladies of Numidia, rheas, yellow mongoose, tapirs, capybaras, servals, fishing cats, Asian otters, raccoons, ibis and baboons.
On the subject of the African savannah are presented marabouts, zebras, lions and pelicans.
Modern and natural areas have been created to replace the old facilities. Among other taiga forests tigers and wolves.
Giant Panda (Ailuropoda Melanoleuca) taken with sigma 50-500mm handheld.
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Taken at Rotterdam Zoo on a Trip with college, This for those who don't know is a beautiful little Red Panda.
One of the panda's at the San Diego Zoo. The panda was just leaning against a rock eating some bamboo.
Another shot of the gorgeous red panda at Melbourne Zoo. I have been back since this lucky encounter and he was right near the top of the tree and showed no sign of descending.
The red panda is dwarfed by the black-and-white giant that shares its name. These pandas typically grow to the size of a house cat, though their big, bushy tails add an additional 18 inches (46 centimeters). The pandas use their ringed tails as wraparound blankets in the chilly mountain heights.
The red panda shares the giant panda's rainy, high-altitude forest habitat, but has a wider range. Red pandas live in the mountains of Nepal and northern Myanmar (Burma), as well as in central China.
These animals spend most of their lives in trees and even sleep aloft. When foraging, they are most active at night as well as in the gloaming hours of dusk and dawn.
Red pandas have a taste for bamboo but, unlike their larger relatives, they eat many other foods as well—fruit, acorns, roots, and eggs. Like giant pandas, they have an extended wrist bone that functions almost like a thumb and greatly aids their grip.
They are shy and solitary except when mating. Females give birth in the spring and summer, typically to one to four young. Young red pandas remain in their nests for about 90 days, during which time their mother cares for them. (Males take little or no interest in their offspring.)
The red panda has given scientists taxonomic fits. It has been classified as a relative of the giant panda, and also of the raccoon, with which it shares a ringed tail. Currently, red pandas are considered members of their own unique family—the Ailuridae.
Red pandas are endangered, victims of deforestation. Their natural space is shrinking as more and more forests are destroyed by logging and the spread of agriculture.
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