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Ailurus fulgens (Red Panda)

Synonyms: Ailurus fulgens styani; Ailurus ochraceus; Ailurus styani

Infraspecies

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Ailurus fulgens

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
20
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
67
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 39.2
EDGE Score: 5.08
View EDGE Record: Ailurus fulgens

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  9.535 lbs (4.325 kg)
Birth Weight [1]  100 grams
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Endothermic [2]  10 %
Diet - Fruit [2]  10 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  10 %
Diet - Plants [2]  60 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  10 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  1 year 6 months
Male Maturity [1]  1 year 6 months
Gestation [1]  3 months 26 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  19 years
Nocturnal [3]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [4]  24 inches (61 cm)
Weaning [1]  4 months 17 days
Habitat Substrate [3]  Arboreal

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Himalaya Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan No
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam No
Mountains of Southwest China China, Myanmar No

Emblem of

Sikkim

Prey / Diet

Sarocalamus spanostachyus[5]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Dirofilaria ailure <Unverified Name>[6]
Dirofilaria immitis (Heartworm)[6]
Paragonimus westermani[6]
Pulex irritans (human flea)[7]
Spirocerca lupi[6]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
5Wei, F., Feng, Z., Wang, Z., Zhou, A. and Hu, J. (1999), "Use of the nutrients in bamboo by the red panda (Ailurus fulgens)". Journal of Zoology, 248: 535–541
6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
7International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0