Red Panda

Scientific Name: Ailurus fulgens

Red Pandas possess a modified wrist bone that acts as a sixth digit or thumb.

Sunset Zoo's resident red panda is female, Simone.

• Size: head-to-body length 20 to 26 inches, tail length 12 to 20 inches
• Weight: 12 to 20 pounds
• Diet: One of the few animals whose diet is composed almost entirely of bamboo - occasionally eat roots, fruit, and small eggs
• Habitat: Typically live in temperate forests that have bamboo-thicket under stories
• Range in the Wild: The exact range is unknown but found throughout the Himalayan Mountains

Conservation Status

Listed as Vulnerable - the wild population is estimated at less than 10,000 with a continuing decline of greater than 10% over the next three generations. Major threat is habitat loss due to deforestation.