Red Panda

Säugetiere

Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens)

Don‘t pandas look differently?

Hearing the word "panda" most people visualize a large black-and-white bear. The lesser panda which is also called red panda or red cat-bear not only resembles a raccoon but is also closely related to it. The name "panda" was given to them by the Europeans who explored East Asia in the 19th century. Perhaps they derived it from the Nepalese word POONJA which can be translated to "bamboo paw". Bamboo is the favorite food of both.

  


Kategorie: Säugetiere

Größe: head to barrel 51-63 cm; tail 28-48 cm

Lebensalter: 14 years

Geschlechtsreife: at 18 months

Tragezeit: 112-158 days

Nahrung: Bamboo (80%), grass, acorns, roots, berries, lichens, bird eggs, young birds

Lebensraum: bamboo, rhododendron, acorn forests up to 2200-4800 m above sea level

Zuchtprogramm: There is a European Conservation Breeding Programme (EEP) in which Görlitz Nature Conservation Zoo participates

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