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Small (red) Panda (8 photos)
Krasnaya panda (lat. Ailurus fulgens - «cat, painted like a fire", also known as the red panda, "cat-bear", "fire cat") - a family pet raccoon, mostly herbivorous, slightly larger than the size of a cat.
The status of the small panda is undefined; it applies to both a bear and a raccoon or kunim and isolated in a separate family Ailuridae.
Written mention of this beast in China date back to the XIII century, but the Europeans learned about it only in the XIX century. Officially "discovered" it in the 1821 British general and naturalist Thomas Hardwick, to collect material on the territory of the British colonies.
He proposed to call this animal the word "XXa» (wha) - one of its Chinese name based on simulation published beast sounds. In addition, the general said, the Chinese call it "Han-ho» (hun-ho) and "punya» (poonya), from which it was modern Panda (panda).
However, the Latin name - Ailurus fulgens (shining cat), new animal gave the French naturalist Frederick Cuvier.
The area is limited by the small panda, Yunnan and Sichuan in China, north of Burma, Bhutan, Nepal and northeast India.
To the west of Nepal, it is not found. He lives in mountainous bamboo forests at an altitude of 2000-4000 meters above sea level in a temperate climate.
Although a small area of the panda has a very large area and the natural enemies of her little, this kind included in the list of the International Red Data Book with the status "endangers».
via nnm.ru
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The status of the small panda is undefined; it applies to both a bear and a raccoon or kunim and isolated in a separate family Ailuridae.
Written mention of this beast in China date back to the XIII century, but the Europeans learned about it only in the XIX century. Officially "discovered" it in the 1821 British general and naturalist Thomas Hardwick, to collect material on the territory of the British colonies.
He proposed to call this animal the word "XXa» (wha) - one of its Chinese name based on simulation published beast sounds. In addition, the general said, the Chinese call it "Han-ho» (hun-ho) and "punya» (poonya), from which it was modern Panda (panda).
However, the Latin name - Ailurus fulgens (shining cat), new animal gave the French naturalist Frederick Cuvier.
The area is limited by the small panda, Yunnan and Sichuan in China, north of Burma, Bhutan, Nepal and northeast India.
To the west of Nepal, it is not found. He lives in mountainous bamboo forests at an altitude of 2000-4000 meters above sea level in a temperate climate.
Although a small area of the panda has a very large area and the natural enemies of her little, this kind included in the list of the International Red Data Book with the status "endangers».
via nnm.ru
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