Yet the term panda originally referred to the red or lesser panda, a tree-dwelling, raccoon-like mammal in northeast Asia with reddish-brown fur, white face markings, and a long ringed tail.

The classification of red pandas has been a subject of debate among scientists. Initially, they were thought to be related to raccoons due to similarities in their skulls, teeth, and tails.

People once thought the red panda was related to bears or raccoons, but they are actually their own genus, Ailuridae. Within the genus, there are two species: fulgens fulgens and fulgens refulgens.

Despite their name, Red Pandas are not related to panda bears. They actually belong to their own taxonomic category called Ailuridae. "Trash Pandas" makes sense because raccoons share the black ...

Nepali police officer Jiwan Subba still feels pangs of regret decades after he bludgeoned a strange creature he found wandering in his barn, not realizing it was an endangered red panda.

Red pandas may share a similar name to giant pandas—due to their bamboo diet—but the copper-hued mammals with raccoon-like features are much smaller, typically the size of a house cat. "I was ...

New cameras for livestreaming have been installed in the enclosures of the Himalayan bears and raccoons, and also in the red panda enclosure.

Red pandas may share a similar name to giant pandas -- due to their bamboo diet -- but the copper-hued mammals with raccoon-like features ... only aware of the red panda's vulnerability but ...

not realising it was an endangered red panda. Red pandas may share a similar name to giant pandas -- due to their bamboo diet -- but the copper-hued mammals with raccoon-like features are much smaller ...