Animals Red Panda

In 2005 babu a male red panda at birmingham nature centre in birmingham england escaped and briefly became a media celebrity before being recaptured.

Animals red panda. The red panda is the state animal in the indian state of sikkim. Because red pandas are obligate bamboo eaters they are on a tight energy budget for much of the year. Non carnivorous carnivores red pandas are members of the taxonomic group carnivora. A red pandas habitat may include up to 40 species of bamboo but the animals select only one or two of the most nutritious species to eat.

Red pandas are very skillful and acrobatic animals that predominantly stay in trees. Red pandas spend the daylight hours sleeping in the branches high in the tree canopy with their long bushy tail wrapped around them to keep them warm. Almost 50 of the red pandas habitat is in the eastern himalayas. Like giant pandas red pandas grasp plant stems using their forepaws and shear selected leaves off with their mouths.

They may also forage for roots succulent grasses fruits insects and grubs. These animals spend most of their lives in trees and even sleep aloft. The vast majority of those animals in carnivora are you guessed it carnivores. They may also eat eggs small birds and small rodents.

The red panda was recognized as the state animal of sikkim in the early 1990s and was the mascot of the darjeeling tea festival. The red panda is also known as the lesser pandawah cat bear or firefox. Red pandas eat mostly bamboo leaves and shoots acorns and flowers. Giant pandas kinkajous and binturongs are also herbivorous carnivores.

They use their long bushy tails for balance and to cover themselves in winter presumably for warmth. Hailing from the himalayas is a quirky red creature that can climb as well as a monkey on this episode of worlds weirdest animals we bring you the red panda. Bamboo stalks are eaten in the spring and fruit is enjoyed in the summer. Red pandas live in the mountains of nepal and northern myanmar burma as well as in central china.

When foraging they are most active at night as well as in the gloaming hours of dusk and dawn. The red panda is also the mascot of the darjeeling international festivals.