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Red Panda
Ailurus fulgens
Red pandas use their long, ringed tails for balance and wrap them around their bodies for warmth.
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Specimen notes
Where it lives and what it eats
- Habitat
- Temperate forests with dense bamboo understories
- Diet
- Mostly bamboo, with fruit, insects, and eggs
- Geographic range
- Eastern Himalayas and southwestern China
- Scientific name
- Ailurus fulgens
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