Research Paper
Ziv Gerbracht Period 4
Research Paper Notes on Red Panda Page 1
Author: National Geographic Title of Section: Red Panda Ailurus fulgens
Overall Title of Website/Database: Red Pandas, Red Panda Pictures, Red Panda Facts
Data of Publication: not available Date of visit to website: 3/2/15
URL: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/red-panda/
Topic
Habitat: The red panda shares the giant panda's rainy, high-altitude forest habitat, but has a wider range. Red pandas live in the mountains of Nepal and northern Myanmar (Burma), as well as in central China.
Animal Description: red pandas typically grow to the size of a house cat, though their big, bushy tails add an additional 18 inches. The pandas use their ringed tails as wraparound blankets in the chilly mountain heights. Like giant pandas, “they have an extended wrist bone that functions almost like a thumb and greatly aids their grip” (“Red Panda Ailurus fulgens”).
Animal Behavior: These animals spend most of their lives in trees and even sleep aloft. When foraging, they are most active at night as well as in the gloaming hours of dusk and dawn. They are shy and solitary except when mating. Females give birth in the spring and summer, typically to one to four young. Young red pandas remain in their nests for about 90 days, during which time their mother cares for them.
Reason for being endangered: Red pandas are endangered, victims of deforestation. Their natural space is shrinking as more and more forests are destroyed by logging and the spread of agriculture. The pandas use their ringed tails as wraparound blankets in the chilly mountain heights.
Relatives and Classification: It has been classified as a relative of the giant panda, and also of the raccoon, with which it shares a ringed tail. Currently, red pandas are considered members of their own unique family. The red panda has been previously classified in the families Procyonidae (raccoons) and Ursidae (bears), but recent research
Research Paper Notes on Red Panda Page 1
Author: National Geographic Title of Section: Red Panda Ailurus fulgens
Overall Title of Website/Database: Red Pandas, Red Panda Pictures, Red Panda Facts
Data of Publication: not available Date of visit to website: 3/2/15
URL: http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/red-panda/
Topic
Habitat: The red panda shares the giant panda's rainy, high-altitude forest habitat, but has a wider range. Red pandas live in the mountains of Nepal and northern Myanmar (Burma), as well as in central China.
Animal Description: red pandas typically grow to the size of a house cat, though their big, bushy tails add an additional 18 inches. The pandas use their ringed tails as wraparound blankets in the chilly mountain heights. Like giant pandas, “they have an extended wrist bone that functions almost like a thumb and greatly aids their grip” (“Red Panda Ailurus fulgens”).
Animal Behavior: These animals spend most of their lives in trees and even sleep aloft. When foraging, they are most active at night as well as in the gloaming hours of dusk and dawn. They are shy and solitary except when mating. Females give birth in the spring and summer, typically to one to four young. Young red pandas remain in their nests for about 90 days, during which time their mother cares for them.
Reason for being endangered: Red pandas are endangered, victims of deforestation. Their natural space is shrinking as more and more forests are destroyed by logging and the spread of agriculture. The pandas use their ringed tails as wraparound blankets in the chilly mountain heights.
Relatives and Classification: It has been classified as a relative of the giant panda, and also of the raccoon, with which it shares a ringed tail. Currently, red pandas are considered members of their own unique family. The red panda has been previously classified in the families Procyonidae (raccoons) and Ursidae (bears), but recent research