Red Panda
Code Red
Food and Habitat
Red Pandas eat:
- bamboo leaves
- berries
- blossoms
- bird eggs
- Himalayas
- Southern Tibet
- prefers cooler temperature
- old-grown forests provide a hiding place
- preyed by snow leopard, martins, and humans.
Animal Descrption
- 42 inches long
- weigh 7-14 pounds
- red fur with white markings
- think, bushy tail
(Blife, nationalzoo, wiki)
Adaptations
- solitary, excluding mating season
- strong teeth and jaws
- tries to scare away predators by standing on two feet
- active at dawn and dusk
- spends lots of times in trees
reasons for endangerment
- habitat loss
- bamboo dying
- many cubs don't survive
- starvation: shortage of bamboo
- mating season is short