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Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)


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 * Red Pandas Study:**

__The red panda is a living thing because it can:__
a) **Grow and develop** - The head and body length of red pandas are measured to be approximately 50 to 64 cm tall and tail is about 28-59cm long. They weigh about 3 - 6.2 pounds. They have long, soft, reddish brown fur on the upper part of their body and on the lower parts of their body is a black color. Their light face has white badges similar to a raccoon, but each individual can have distinctive markings. Red pandas have very dark eyes.



b) **Reproduce -** Red pandas are able to reproduce at around 18 months, and are fully mature at two to three years. mating season from mid-January to early March. A few days before birth, females begin to collect material like: brushwood, grass, and leaves, to build a nest, which is normally located in a hollow tree or a rock crevice. After a gestation period of 112 to 158 days, the female gives birth in mid-June to late July to one to four blind and deaf cubs weighing 110 to 130 g each. the mother cleans the cubs and can then recognize each by its smell. At first, she spends 60% to 90% of her time with the cubs. After the first week, the mother starts spending more time outside the nest, returning every few hours to nurse and groom the cubs. The cubs start to open their eyes at about 18 days of age. By about 90 days, they have achieved full adult fur and coloring, and begin to move out of the nest. They also start eating solid foods at this point, weaning at around six to eight months of age. The cubs stay with their mother until the next litter is born in the following summer. Males rarely help raise the young, and only if they live in pairs or in small groups. Lifespan is about 10-15 years.

c) **Adaptation-** - enlarged wrist bones that help grab food, climb trees to hide from predators -small body mass so they can walk, lay, rest on branches -use tail as pillow for heat loss
 * The Red Panda adapts to survive by:**

body language (head bobbing and tail arching) other noises ( threatening “huff-quack” and a warning whistle, huff, bark, croak, or squeal.)
 * __Here is how the Red Panda meets its needs:__**
 * Communication** -




 * Why they are almost extinct -** Population is estimated at less than 10,000 mature individuals. The population continues to decline and is threatened by habitat loss.





Bamboo is very high in indigestible fiber, making it extraordinarily difficult for red pandas to extract the nutrients that they need
 * Nutrience ad Energy-**

Bamboo (chews the bamboo thoroughly) Insects and fruit (when the weather is warm enough) Berries, acorns, small rodents, fungi


 * Habitat and Shelter-** he species lives throughout mountainous and forestry areas of southwestern China and western Nepal to northern Myanmar they are restricted to these small, fragile areas because of their dependence on the bamboo plants.
 * Air-** The Red Panda has the same respitory system as humans

**Water-** Found 100 meters of the nearest body of water to meet thier needs of water



 * Scientific Classification:**
 * Kingdom: || Animalia ||
 * Phylum: || Chordata ||
 * Class: || Mammalia ||
 * Order: || Carnivora ||
 * Family: || Ailuridae ||
 * Genus: || //**Ailurus**// F. Cuvier, 1825 ||
 * Species: || //**A. fulgens**// ||

SOURCES: Video- [] Information- [|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Panda#Reproduction] [] [] [] Pictures- Google Images