The red panda has been previously classified in the families Procyonidae(raccoons) and Ursidae(bears), but recent research has placed it in it's own family Ailuridae, in sub family Musteloidea along with Mustelidae and Procyonidae.
The red panda lives between 2,200 and 4,800m(7,200 and 15,700 ft) altitude, inhabiting are of moderate temperature between 10 and 25 degree Celsius per 50 and 77 degree Fahrenheit. It services eating grass, fruits, bamboos leaves and new shoot of reeds.Now a days it was killed for of its beautiful furry leather.Its at the verge extinction.
SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum : Chordata
Class : Mammalia
Order : Carnivora
Suborder : Caniformia
Infraorder : Arctoidea
Superfamily : Musteloidea
Family : Ailuridae
Genus : Ailurus
Species : A .fulgens
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