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Red panda
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Ailuridae
Genus: Ailurus
F. Cuvier, 1825
Species:
A. fulgens
Binomial name
Ailurus fulgens
F. Cuvier, 1825
Subspecies

A. f. fulgens F. Cuvier, 1825
A. f. styani Thomas, 1902[2]

Map showing the range of the red panda in red
Range of the red panda

The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has dense reddish-brown fur, white-lined ears, a mostly white muzzle and a ringed tail. Its head-to-body length is 51–63.5 cm (20.1–25.0 in) with a 28–48.5 cm (11.0–19.1 in) tail. It weighs between 3.2 and 15 kg (7.1 and 33.1 lb). It is well adapted to climbing due to its flexible joints and curved semi-retractile claws.

The red panda was first described in 1825. Results of genetic analysis indicate that there may be two red panda species—the Himalayan and the Chinese red panda—which genetically diverged about 250,000 years ago. The red panda's place on the evolutionary tree has been debated, but modern genetic evidence places it in close affinity with raccoons and weasels. It is not closely related to the giant panda, which is a bear, though both possess elongated wrist bones or "false thumbs" used for grasping bamboo. The evolutionary lineage of the red panda stretches back around 25 to 18 million years ago, as indicated by extinct fossil relatives found in Eurasia and North America.

The red panda inhabits coniferous forests as well as temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, favouring steep slopes with dense bamboo cover close to water sources. It is solitary and largely arboreal. It feeds mainly on bamboo shoots and leaves, but also on fruits and blossoms. Red pandas mate in early spring, with the females giving birth to litters of up to four cubs in summer. It is threatened by poaching, destruction and fragmentation of habitat due to deforestation. The species has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2015. It is protected in all range countries.

Community-based conservation programmes have been initiated in Nepal, Bhutan and northeastern India; in China, it benefits from nature conservation projects. The International Red Panda Day is celebrated annually in September. Regional captive breeding programmes for the red panda have been established in zoos around the world. It is featured in animated movies, video games, comic books, and as the namesake of companies and music bands.

Etymology

The name "panda" is thought to have originated from its local Nepali name पञ्जा pajā "claw" or पौँजा paũjā "paw".[3][4] In English, it was simply called "panda"; when the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) was discovered in 1869, it became known as the "red panda" or "lesser panda" to distinguish it from the larger animal.[4] The genus name Ailurus is adopted from the ancient Greek word αἴλουρος (ailouros), meaning "cat".[5] The specific epithet fulgens is Latin for "shining, bright".[6][4]

Taxonomy

Illustration of red panda by Joseph Smit for the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869

The red panda was classified and formally described in 1825 by Frederic Cuvier, who gave it its current scientific name Ailurus fulgens. Cuvier's description was based on zoological specimens, including skin, paws, jawbones and teeth "from the mountains north of India", as well as an account by Alfred Duvaucel.[7][8] The red panda was described earlier by Thomas Hardwicke in 1821, but his paper on it would not go to press until six years later.[4]

In 1847, Brian Houghton Hodgson described a red panda from the Himalayas, for which he proposed the name Ailurus ochraceus.[9] For a long time in western science, Hodgson's accounts were the only information available about the animal's behaviour in the wild.[4] In 1902, Oldfield Thomas described a skull of a male red panda specimen collected in Sichuan by Frederick William Styan under the name Ailurus fulgens styani.[2]

Subspecies and species

Two subspecies have traditionally been recognised: the Himalayan red panda (A. f. fulgens), native to the Himalayas, and the Chinese red panda (A. f. styani), native to China. The Chinese subspecies has a more curved forehead, steeper muzzle slope, a darker coat with a redder, less white face and more contrast between the tail rings. The Himalayan subspecies has a straighter profile, a lighter coloured forehead and ochre-tipped hairs on the lower back and rump.[10]

In 2020, results of a phylogenetic analysis of red panda samples showed that the red panda populations in the Himalayas and China were separated about 250,000 years ago, suggesting that the two subspecies should be treated as distinct phylogenetic species. Red pandas in southeastern Tibet and northern Myanmar were found to be part of styani, while those of southern Tibet were of fulgens (sensu stricto).[11] DNA sequencing of 132 red panda faecal samples collected in Northeast India and China also showed two distinct clusters indicating that the Siang River in Arunachal Pradesh constitutes the boundary between the Himalayan and Chinese red pandas.[12] They probably diverged due to glaciation events on the southern Tibetan Plateau in the Pleistocene.[13]

Phylogeny

The phylogenetic placement of the red panda has been debated. In the first half of the 20th century, various scientists placed it in the family Procyonidae with raccoons and their allies. At the time, most prominent biologists also considered the red panda to be related to the giant panda and classified both in the procyonid subfamily Ailurinae. The giant panda would eventually be found to be a bear. A 1982 study examined the dental and cranial similarities and differences between the red panda and the giant panda, other bears and procyonids would lead to the species being placed in its own family Ailuridae. The author of the study considered the red panda to be more closely related to bears.[10]

A 1995 mitochondrial DNA analysis revealed that the red panda has close affinities with procyonids.[14] Further genetic studies have placed the red panda within the clade Musteloidea, which also includes Procyonidae, Mustelidae (weasels and relatives) and Mephitidae (skunks and relatives). The following cladogram is based on the molecular phylogeny of six genes,[15] with the musteloids updated following a multigene analysis.[16]

Caniformia

Canidae (dogs and other canines) African golden wolf

Arctoidea

Ursidae (bears) American black bear

Pinnipedia (seals) Common seal

Musteloidea

Mephitidae (skunks) Striped skunk

Ailuridae (red panda) Red panda

Procyonidae (raccoons and allies) Common raccoon

Mustelidae (weasels and allies) European polecat

Fossil record

Reconstructed skull and head of Simocyon

The family Ailuridae appears to have originated in Europe sometime during the Late Oligocene or Early Miocene, about 25 to 18 million years ago. The earliest member Amphictis is known from its 10 cm (4 in) skull and may have been around the same size as the modern species. Its dentition consists of pointed premolars, relatively sharp-edged carnassials (P4 and m1) and molars with grinding surfaces (M1, M2 and m2), suggesting that it had a generalized carnivorous diet. Its placement within Ailuridae is based on the lateral grooves on its canines. Other early or basal aliruds include Alopecoyon and Simocyon, whose fossils have been found throughout Eurasia and North America dating from the Middle Miocene, the latter of which survived into the Early Pliocene. Both have similar dentition to Amphictis and thus had a similar diet.[17] The puma-sized Simocyon was likely a tree-climber and shares a "false thumb"—an extended wrist bone—with the modern species, suggesting the appendage was an adaptation to arboreal locomotion and not to feed on bamboo.[17][18]

Later and more derived ailruds are classified in the subfamily Ailurinae and are known as the "true" red pandas. These animals were smaller and more adapted for an omnivorous or herbivorous diet. The earliest known true panda is the species Magerictis imperialensis from the Middle Miocene of Spain and known only from a single tooth, a lower second molar. The tooth shows but ancestral and derived characteristics having a relatively low and uncomplex crown but also an elongated crushing surface and well-differentiated tooth cusps like later species.[19] Later ailurines include Pristinailurus bristoli of Late Miocene-Early Pliocene eastern North America[19][20] and species of the genus Parailurus which first appear in Early Pliocene Europe, spreading across Eurasia into North America.[19][21] These animals are likely to be part of a sister taxon to the lineage of the modern panda. In contrast to the herbivorous modern species, these ancient pandas were likely omnivores, possessing many cusps on the molars but retaining sharp premolars.[19][22][20]

The earliest fossil record of the modern genus Ailurus date no earlier than the Pleistocene and appears to have been limited to Asia. The modern panda's lineage became adapted for a specialized bamboo diet, having molar-like premolars and more highly crowned cusps.[19] The false thumb would secondarily gain a function in feeding.[17][18]

Genomics

Analysis of the mitochondrial D-loop region of 53 red panda samples from Sichuan and Yunnan showed a high level of genetic diversity.[23] The full genome of the red panda was sequenced in 2017. Researchers have compared it to the genome of the giant panda to learn the genetics of convergent evolution, as both species have false thumbs and are adapted for a specialized bamboo diet despite having the digestive system of a carnivore. Both pandas show modifications to the limb developmental genes DYNC2H1 and PCNT, which may play roles in the development of the thumbs.[24] In switching from a carnivorous to a herbivorous diet, both species have reactivated taste receptor genes used for detecting bitterness, though the specific genes are different.[25]

Characteristics

A red panda skull
Face of a red panda

The red panda has a head-body length of 51–63.5 cm (20.1–25.0 in) with a 28–48.5 cm (11.0–19.1 in) tail. The Himalayan red panda is recorded to weigh 3.2–9.4 kg (7.1–20.7 lb), while the Chinese red panda weighs 4–15 kg (8.8–33.1 lb) for females and 4.2–13.4 kg (9.3–29.5 lb) for males.[26] The panda has a relatively small head with a reduced snout and triangular ears, though proportionally larger than in similarly sized raccoons, while the limbs are nearly equal in length.[26][27] The red panda has five curved digits on each foot, which end in curved semi-retractile claws that aid in climbing.[27] The pelvis and hindlimbs have flexible joints, adaptations for an arboreal quadrupedal lifestyle.[28] While not prehensile, the tail acts as support and counterbalance when climbing.[27]

The red panda's coat has a striking colour pattern, being mainly red or orange-brown with a black belly and legs. The face is mostly white and has red marks that stretch from the side angle of the eyes to the corners of the mouth. The inside of the ears are covered in white fur with a red patch in the centre.[26] Its bushy tail has alternating rings of red and buff.[27][26] The colouration appears to serve as camouflage in a habitat with red moss- and white lichen-covered trees. The fur consists of coarse guard hairs with a soft dense, woolly undercoat.[27] The guard hairs on the back have a circular cross-section and are 47–56 mm (1.9–2.2 in) long. It has moderately long whiskers around the mouth, lower jaw and chin.[26]

The forepaws possess a "false thumb", which is an extension of a wrist bone, the radial sesamoid found in many carnivorans. This thumb allows the animal to hold onto bamboo stalks and separate leaves, and both the digits and wrist bones give the red panda remarkable dexterity. The red panda shares this feature with the giant panda, which has a larger sesamoid that is more compressed at the sides. In addition, the red panda's sesamoid has a more concave tip while the giant panda's hooks in the middle.[29]

Its skull is wide, and its lower jaw is robust.[27][26] However, because it eats the less fibrous parts of bamboo, the leaves and stems, it has less-developed chewing muscles than the giant panda. The digestive tract of the red panda is also typical of a carnivore, being fairly short, at only 4.2 times its body length, with a simple stomach, no clear distinction between the ileum and the colon, and no caecum.[26] Microbes in its gut may play a role in its processing of bamboo. Compared to other mammals, the microbe community in red pandas is less diverse.[30]

Distribution and habitat

Red panda in Neora Valley National Park

The red panda is distributed from western Nepal, Sikkim, West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh in India, Bhutan and southern Tibet to northern Myanmar, the Hengduan Mountains and Gongshan Mountains in China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.[1] The global potential habitat of the red panda has been estimated to comprise 47,100 km2 (18,200 sq mi) at most; this habitat is located in the temperate climate zone of the Himalayas with a mean annual temperature range of 18–24 °C (64–75 °F).[31] Throughout this range, it has been recorded at elevations of 2,000–4,300 m (6,600–14,100 ft).[32][33][34][35][36]

Habitat of the red panda
Country Estimated size[31]
Nepal 22,400 km2 (8,600 sq mi)
China 13,100 km2 (5,100 sq mi)
India 5,700 km2 (2,200 sq mi)
Myanmar 5,000 km2 (1,900 sq mi)
Bhutan 900 km2 (350 sq mi)
Total 47,100 km2 (18,200 sq mi)

In Nepal, it lives in six protected area complexes within the Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests ecoregion.[34] The westernmost records to date were obtained in three community forests in Kalikot District in 2019.[37] Panchthar and Ilam Districts represent its easternmost range in the country, where its habitat in forest patches is surrounded by villages, livestock pastures and roads.[38] The metapopulation in protected areas and wildlife corridors in the Kangchenjunga landscape of Sikkim and northern West Bengal is partly connected through old-growth forests outside protected areas.[39] Forests in this landscape are dominated by Himalayan oaks (Quercus lamellosa and Q. semecarpifolia), Himalayan birch (Betula utilis), Himalayan fir (Abies densa), Himalayan maple (Acer caesium) with bamboo, Rhododendron and some black juniper (Juniperus indica) shrub growing in the understoreys.[32][40][41][42] Records in Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh's Pangchen Valley, West Kameng and Shi Yomi districts indicate that it frequents habitats with Yushania and Thamnocalamus bamboo, medium-sized Rhododendron, Sorbus and Castanopsis trees.[33][43][44] In China, it was recorded in the northwestern montane part of Yunnan province in the mid 1990s.[45] In Sichuan, it inhabits the Qionglai-Minshan conifer forests and Hengduan Mountains subalpine conifer forests in the Qionglai, Xiaoxiang, Daxiangling and Liangshan Mountains.[46]

The red panda prefers microhabitats within 70–240 m (230–790 ft) of water sources.[47][48][49][50] Fallen logs and tree stumps are important habitat features, as they facilitate access to bamboo leaves.[51] Red pandas have been recorded to use steep slopes of more than 20° and stumps exceeding a diameter of 30 cm (12 in).[47][52] Red pandas observed in Phrumsengla National Park used foremost easterly and southerly slopes with a mean slope of 34° and a canopy cover of 66% that were overgrown with bamboo about 23 m (75 ft) in height.[48] In Dafengding Nature Reserve, it prefers steep south-facing slopes in winter and inhabits forests with 1.5–2.5 m (4 ft 11 in – 8 ft 2 in) high bamboo.[53] In Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, it inhabits mixed coniferous forest with a dense canopy cover of more than 75%, steep slopes and a density of at least 70 bamboo plants/m2 (6.5 bamboo plants/sq ft).[54] In China's Fengtongzhai and Yele Natural Reserves, the red panda selects steep slopes and a high density of bamboo culms, fallen logs and stumps, whereas the giant panda prefers gentle slopes with taller bamboo but lower densities of culms, logs and stumps. Such niche separation lessens competition between the two bamboo-eating species.[47][51]

Behaviour and ecology

A red panda lies sleeping on a high branch of a tree, with tail stretched out behind and legs dangling on each side of the branch
A red panda sleeping on a tree

Red pandas are secretive and difficult to observe in the wild.[55] The majority of studies between 1827 and 2020 have been based in captivity.[56] The red panda appears to be both nocturnal and crepuscular, sleeping in between periods of activity at night. It typically rests or sleeps in trees or other elevated spaces, stretched out on a branch with legs dangling when it is hot, and curled up with its tail over the face when it is cold. It is adapted for climbing and descends to the ground head-first with the hindfeet holding on to the middle of the tree trunk. It moves quickly on the ground by trotting or bounding.[27]

Social spacing

Adult pandas are generally solitary and territorial. Individuals mark their home range or territorial boundaries with urine, faeces and secretions from the anal and surrounding glands. Scent-marking occurs more on the ground, and males mark more often and for longer periods than females.[27] In China's Wolong National Nature Reserve, the home range of a radio-collared female was 0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi), while that of a male was 1.11 km2 (0.43 sq mi). Home ranges are reported to be larger in Nepal with 1.7–9.6 km2 (0.66–3.71 sq mi) for males and 1–1.5 km2 (0.39–0.58 sq mi) for females.[57]

A one-year-long monitoring study of ten red pandas in eastern Nepal showed that the four males had median home ranges of 1.73 km2 (0.67 sq mi) and the six females of 0.94 km2 (0.36 sq mi) within a forest cover of at least 19.2 ha (47 acres). The females travelled 419–841 m (1,375–2,759 ft) per day and the males 660–1,473 m (2,165–4,833 ft). In the mating season from January to March, adults travelled a mean of 795 m (2,608 ft) and subadults a mean of 861 m (2,825 ft).[38] They all had larger home ranges in areas with low forest cover and reduced their activity in areas that were disturbed by people, livestock and dogs.[58]

Diet and feeding

Red panda feeding

The red panda is largely herbivorous and feeds primarily on bamboo, mainly the genera Phyllostachys, Sinarundinaria, Thamnocalamus and Chimonobambusa.[59] It also feeds on fruits, blossoms, acorns, eggs, birds and small mammals. It mainly eats the leaves of bamboo, which are often the only available food item in the winter and the most common food for the rest of the year.[60] In Wolong National Nature Reserve, leaves of Bashania fangiana were found in nearly 94% of analysed droppings, and its shoots were found in 59% of the droppings found in June.[57]

The diet of red pandas monitored at three sites in Singalila National Park for two years consisted of 40–83% Yushania maling and 51–91.2% Thamnocalamus spathiflorus bamboos[a] supplemented by bamboo shoots, Actinidia strigosa fruits and seasonal berries.[63] In this national park, red panda droppings also contained remains of silky rose and bramble fruit species in the summer season, Actinidia callosa in the post-monsoon season, and Merrilliopanax alpinus, whitebeam (Sorbus cuspidata) and tree rhododendron in both seasons. Droppings were found on 23 plant species including the stone oak (Lithocarpus pachyphyllus), Campbell's magnolia (Magnolia campbellii), chinquapin (Castanopsis tribuloides), Himalayan birch, Litsea sericea and the holly species Ilex fragilis.[64] In Nepal's Rara National Park, Thamnocalamus was found in 100% of droppings sampled, both before and after the monsoon.[65] Its summer diet in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve also includes some lichens and barberries.[40] In Bhutan's Jigme Dorji National Park, red panda feces found in the fruiting season contained seeds of Himalayan ivy (Hedera nepalensis).[50]

The red panda grabs food with one of its front paws and usually eats sitting down or standing, but sometimes lays on its back. When foraging for bamboo, it grabs the plant by the culm and bends it down so the leaves are within reach of the jaws. It inserts them into the side and shears and chews them. It nips small food like blossoms, berries and small leaves with the incisors.[27] The red panda is a poor digester of bamboo, which passes through its gut in two to four hours. It hence selects the more nutritious plant matter, such as tender leaves and shoots, and consumes them in large quantities. It eats over 1.5 kg (3 lb 5 oz) of fresh leaves or 4 kg (9 lb) of fresh shoots in a day and can digest crude proteins and fats more easily than fibres and lignin in the bamboo leaves. Bamboo is most digestible in summer and fall but least in winter, and shoots are better digestible than leaves.[66]

Communication

Sounds of red panda twittering

At least seven different vocalisations have been recorded in the red panda, comprising growls, barks, squeals, hoots, bleats, grunts and twitters. Growling, barking, grunting and squealing are produced during fights and aggressive chasing. Hooting is made in response to being approached by another individual. Bleating is recorded after scent-marking and sniffing and males may bleat during courtship, particularly before mounting, while twittering is made by mating females.[67]

During both play fighting and aggressive fighting, individuals arch their backs and tails while slowly moving their heads up and down. They then turn their heads while jaw-clapping, move their heads side to side and raise a forepaw with an intent to strike. They adopt a bipedal posture with the forelimbs raised above the head before lunging. "Staring" occurs between individuals that are some distance away from each other.[27] Receptive females make tail-flicks and position themselves in a lordosis pose, with the front lowered and the back arched.[68]

Reproduction and parenting

A red panda tending its cub

Red pandas are "long-day" breeders, meaning that breeding occurs as the length of daylight increases following the winter solstice. Mating thus occurs mostly between January and March, with births taking place from May to August. For captive pandas in the southern hemisphere, reproduction is delayed by six months. Oestrous lasts a day, and females can enter oestrous multiple times a season, but the length of intervals between each cycle is not clear.[68]

As the breeding season begins, there are increased interactions between males and females, who will rest, move and feed close to each other. Oestrous females are observed to mark more often and more vigorously and males will sniff their anogenital region. Copulation involves the male mounting the female from behind and on top, though face-to-face matings as well as belly-to-back matings while lying on the sides have been observed. The male usually does not bite the female's neck but will grab her sides with his front paws. Mountings are 2–25 minutes long, and the couple may groom each other between mounting bouts.[68]

Gestation lasts about 158 days. Prior to giving birth, the female selects a denning site, such as a tree, log or stump hollow or rock crevice, and builds a nest using material from nearby.[55] Litter sizes typically consist of one to four cubs that are born fully furred but blind. They are entirely dependent on their mother for the first three to four months until they emerge from the nest. They nurse for their first five months.[69] Mother and offspring stay together until the next breeding. Cubs reach their adult size at around 12 months and sexual maturity at around 18 months. Their lifespan in captivity reaches 14 years.[27]

Two radio-collared cubs in eastern Nepal separated from their mothers at the age of 7–8 months and left their natal areas three weeks later. They reached new home ranges within 26–42 days and became residents after exploring them for 42–44 days.[38]

Health

Faecal samples of red panda collected in Nepal contained parasitic protozoa, amoebozoans, roundworms, trematodes and tapeworms.[70][71] Roundworms, tapeworms and coccidia were also found in red panda scat collected in Rara and Langtang National Parks.[72] Fourteen red pandas at the Knoxville Zoo suffered from severe ringworm, so the tails of two were amputated.[73] Chagas disease was reported as the cause of death of a red panda kept in a Kansas zoo.[74] Amdoparvovirus was detected in the scat of six red pandas in the Sacramento Zoo.[75] Eight captive red pandas in a Chinese zoo suffered from shortness of breath and fever shortly before they died of pneumonia; autopsy revealed that they had antibodies to the protozoans Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis species indicating that they were intermediate hosts.[76] A captive red panda in the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding died of unknown reasons; an autopsy showed that its kidneys, liver and lungs were damaged by a bacterial infection caused by Escherichia coli.[77]

Threats

The primary threats to the red panda are destruction and fragmentation of habitat caused by multiple circumstances such as increasing human population, deforestation, illegal collection of non-timber forest products and poaching, disturbances by herders and livestock, lack of law enforcement and funding.[1] Small groups of animals with little opportunity for exchange between them face the risk of inbreeding, decreased genetic diversity, and even extinction. In addition, clearcutting for firewood or agriculture and hillside terracing removes old trees that provide maternal dens and decreases the ability of some bamboo species to regenerate.[78] The cut lumber stock in Sichuan alone reached 2,661,000 m3 (94,000,000 cu ft) in 1958–1960, and 3,597.9 km2 (1,389.2 sq mi) of red panda habitat were logged between the mid 1970s and late 1990s.[45]

Deforestation inhibits the dispersal of red pandas and leads to severe fragmentation of the population; trampling by livestock depresses bamboo growth.[79] Throughout Nepal, the red panda habitat outside protected areas is negatively affected by solid waste, livestock trails and herding stations, and people collecting firewood and medicinal plants.[40][80] Threats identified in Nepal's Lamjung District include grazing by livestock during seasonal transhumance, human-made forest fires and the collection of bamboo as cattle fodder in winter.[81] Vehicular traffic is a significant barrier to red panda movement between habitat patches.[58]

In Nepal's Taplejung District, red panda claws are used for treating epilepsy; its skin is used in rituals for treating sick people, making hats, scarecrows and decorating houses. Between 2008 and 2018, 121 skins were confiscated in the country.[82] In Myanmar, the red panda is threatened by hunting using guns and traps; since roads to the border with China were built starting in the early 2000s, red panda skins and live animals are traded and smuggled across the border.[36] In southwestern China, the red panda is hunted for its fur, especially for the highly valued bushy tails, from which hats are produced. The fur is used for local cultural ceremonies. At weddings, the bridegroom traditionally carries the hide. The "good-luck charm" red panda-tail hats are also used by local newlyweds. A 40% decrease in red panda populations has been reported in China over the last 50 years, and populations in western Himalayan areas are considered to be smaller.[45] Between 2005 and 2017, 35 live and seven dead red pandas were confiscated in Sichuan, and several traders were sentenced to 3–12 years of imprisonment. A month-long survey of 65 shops in nine Chinese counties in the spring of 2017 revealed only one in Yunnan offered hats made of red panda skins, and red panda tails were offered in an online forum.[83]

Conservation

The red panda is listed in CITES Appendix I and protected in all range countries; hunting is illegal. It has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2008 because the global population is estimated at 10,000 individuals, with a decreasing population trend. A large extent of its habitat is part of protected areas.[1]

Protected areas in red panda range countries
Country Protected areas
Nepal Api Nampa Conservation Area, Khaptad National Park, Rara National Park, Annapurna Conservation Area, Manaslu Conservation Area, Langtang National Park, Gaurishankar Conservation Area, Sagarmatha National Park, Makalu Barun National Park, Kanchenjunga Conservation Area[34]
India Khangchendzonga National Park, Singalila National Park, Varsey Rhododendron Sanctuary, Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary, Fambong Lho Wildlife Sanctuary, Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary, Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary,[39] Namdapha National Park[84]
Bhutan Jigme Khesar Strict Nature Reserve, Jigme Dorji National Park, Wangchuck Centennial National Park, Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary, Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary, Phrumsengla National Park, Jomotsangkha Wildlife Sanctuary[33]
Myanmar Hkakaborazi National Park, Hponkanrazi Wildlife Sanctuary,[85] Imawbum National Park[36]
China Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon Nature Reserve[86] and six more nature reserves in Tibet, eight in Yunnan and 32 in Sichuan[87]
Closeup look of a red panda

A red panda anti-poaching unit and community-based monitoring have been established in Langtang National Park. Members of Community Forest User Groups also protect and monitor red panda habitats in other parts of Nepal.[88] Community outreach programs have been initiated in eastern Nepal using information boards, radio broadcasting and the annual International Red Panda Day in September; several schools endorsed a red panda conservation manual as part of their curricula.[89]

Since 2010, community-based conservation programmes have been initiated in 10 districts in Nepal that aim to help villagers reduce their dependence on natural resources through improved herding and food processing practices and alternative income possibilities. The Nepal government ratified a five-year Red Panda Conservation Action Plan in 2019.[90] From 2016 to 2019, 35 ha (86 acres) of high-elevation rangeland in Merak, Bhutan, was restored and fenced in cooperation with 120 herder families to protect the red panda forest habitat and improve communal pasture.[91] Villagers in Arunachal Pradesh established two community conservation areas to protect the red panda habitat from disturbance and exploitation of forest resources.[43] China has initiated several projects to protect its environment and wildlife, including Grain for Green, The Natural Forest Protection Project and the National Wildlife/Natural Reserve Construction Project. For the last project, the red panda is not listed as a key animal for protection but may benefit from the protection of the giant panda and golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana), with which it overlaps in range.[87]

In captivity

Red panda at Symbio Wildlife Park

The London Zoo acquired two red pandas in 1869 and 1876 that were caught in Darjeeling. The Calcutta Zoo received a live red panda in 1877, the Philadelphia Zoo in 1906, and Artis and Cologne Zoos in 1908. In 1908, the first red panda cubs were born in an Indian zoo. In 1940, the San Diego Zoo imported four red pandas via India that had been caught in Nepal; their first litter was born in 1941. Cubs that were born later were sent to other zoos so that about 250 red pandas had been exhibited in zoos by 1969.[92] The Taronga Conservation Society started keeping red pandas in 1977.[93]

In 1978, the International Red Panda Studbook was set up, followed by the Red Panda European Endangered Species Programme in 1985. Members of international zoos ratified a global master plan for the captive breeding of the red panda in 1993. By the end of 2019, 182 European zoos kept 407 red pandas.[94] By late 2015, 219 red pandas lived in 42 zoos in Japan.[95] The Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park participates in the Red Panda Species Survival Plan and kept about 25 red pandas by 2016.[96] Regional captive breeding programmes have also been established in North American, Australasian and South African zoos.[4]

Cultural significance

The red panda is depicted in a hunting scene of a Chinese Chou Dynasty scroll dating to the 13th century. In western Nepal, shamans of an ethnic group use their skin and fur in their ritual dresses and believe that it protects against evil spirits. Tribal people in Arunachal Pradesh and Yi people also believe that it brings good luck to wear red panda tails or hats made of its fur. People in central Bhutan consider red pandas to be reincarnations of Buddhist monks.[97]

A watercolour painting by an Indian artist dating to 1820 is among the earliest known paintings of the red panda.[98] The red panda was recognized as the state animal of Sikkim in the early 1990s and was the mascot of the Darjeeling Tea Festival.[78] Anthropomorphic red pandas feature in animated movies and TV series such as Bamboo Bears, Barbie as the Island Princess, the Kung Fu Panda franchise, Aggretsuko and Turning Red, and in several video games and comic books. The red panda is the namesake of the Firefox browser, and it has been used as the namesake of companies and music bands.[97]

Notes

  1. ^ Labelled Arundinaria maling and A. aristata respectively, which are junior synonyms of the species listed here.[61][62]

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