WHY RED PANDA’S

ARE ENDANGERED?
 RED PANDAS ARE ENDANGERED AND ARE LEGALLY PROTECTED
IN INDIA, BHUTAN, CHINA, NEPAL AND MYANMAR. THEIR PRIMARY
THREATS ARE HABITAT LOSS AND DEGRADATION, HUMAN
INTERFERENCE AND POACHING. 

• BEING HUNTED FOR THEIR FUR.

• HABITATS ARE BEING CLEARED TO BUILD HOUSES.

• LOST OF FOODS

• GROWTH OF HUMAN POPULATION IN CHINA.

• POACHING OF RED PANDAS

• MEDICINAL PROPERTIES.
• ACCIDENTAL TRAPPING
DESCRIPTI
ON
• THE RED PANDA IS THE ONLY LIVING MEMBER OF THE GENUS AILURUS AND THE
FAMILY AILURIDAE.
• THEY CALL RED PANDA, LESSER PANDA, PANDA, RED CAT-PANDA, RED BEAR-CAT.
• RED PANDAS HAVE LARGE ROUND HEADS AND SHORT SNOUTS WITH LARGE, POINTED EARS.
• THEIR COATS ARE REDDISH-BROWN, ALTHOUGH THEIR FACES ARE MOSTLY WHITE WITH
REDDISH 'TEAR TRACKS' EXTENDING FROM THEIR EYES TO THE CORNER OF THEIR MOUTHS.
• THESE MARKINGS MAY HELP KEEP THE SUN OUT OF THEIR EYES, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ZOO.

• THE RED PANDA IS A CARNIVORAN NATIVE TO THE EASTERN HIMALAYAS AND SOUTHWESTERN
CHINA.

•  IT IS LISTED AS ENDANGERED ON THE IUCN ( INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF

NATURE) RED LIST BECAUSE THE WILD POPULATION IS ESTIMATED AT FEWER THAN 10,000
MATURE INDIVIDUALS AND CONTINUES TO DECLINE DUE TO HABITAT LOSS AND FRAGMENTATION,
POACHING, AND INBREEDING DEPRESSION.