Red Panda

The Red Panda

The red panda is absolutely adorable. In my opinion, they look like a fox, racoon, and cat mixed. They’re so cute! These animals tend to spend most of their time in trees. Their long tail helps them with balance in tree limbs and they’re tail is very thick with fur and full which helps keep them warm in the winter. 

Red pandas mostly live in the Eastern Himalayas in forests. They grow 2 feet at the max and are herbivores. And sadly, these adorable little animals are endangered. There’s less than 10,000! Which in reality is a big number, however, for a living species that is so small! Red pandas are so cute! Do you really want them to disappear? 

The reason these adorable fuzzy little animals are losing population so fastly because they one, are accidentally caught in deer and pig traps. The other reason is they are being poached for their fur. Both of these problems are absolutely devastating. 

I encourage everyone to research more on endangered species themselves as well! Wildlife is so important in our world. Do you enjoy seeing animals on your road trips? The only way you can keep seeing these gorgeous creatures is by conserving them! Here’s a link to a list of endangered species so you can look at them yourself if you’d like. But if not, please keep coming back to my blog so you can still read about these unique gorgeous animals! 

Works Cited:

"Species Directory" Species List Endangered, Vulnerable, and Threatened Animals WWF, https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/directory?direction=desc&sort=extinction_status. Accessed May 15. 

“Facts” Red Panda Species WWF, https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/red-panda. Accessed May 15. 

“Threats” Red Panda Species WWF, https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/red-panda. Accessed May 15.

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