The red panda is an endangered mammal. Red pandas live in the trees in the forests in China. Explain one way of making sure the red panda does not become extinct.​

The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is a carnivoran native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List because the wild population is estimated at fewer than 10,000 mature individuals and continues to decline due to habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and inbreeding depression.[1] Despite its name, it is not closely related to the giant panda.[3]

Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classificationedit

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Chordata

Class:

Mammalia

Order:

Carnivora

Family:

Ailuridae

Genus:

Ailurus

F. Cuvier, 1825

Species:

A. fulgens

Binomial name

Ailurus fulgens

F. Cuvier, 1825

Subspecies

A. f. fulgens (Himalayan red panda) F. Cuvier, 1825

A. f. styani (Chinese red panda) Thomas, 1902[2]