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Ahhh…My favorite species of animal is the Red Panda…Unfortunately, they are extremely endangered. However, thankfully, there are a number of breeding programs in the world that are doing their best to ensure the survival of this species.
Edmonton’s Valley Zoo just had the 2nd arrival of twin baby red pandas! Yeahhh! They were born May 26th in captivity, and were named Tai (female) and Pip (male).
The babies are no longer with their mother, as she began to groom one of the babies too aggressively, but are in great hands with surrogate, human caretakers.
At this point, their eyes are still sealed shut and they are very furry. Sleeping most of time curled up together, the twins are fed puppy formula by bottle, after graduating from stomach tubes.
There are roughly only about 2000-4000 wild red pandas in the world, but the cyclone in Myanmar greatly disturbed their habitat, and the numbers are now unknown.
There were only 4 red pandas born last year in captivity in North America, including these twins other twin brother and sister. In fact, the other 2 pandas were also born in Canadian zoos.
A total of 45 red pandas are in captivity in North America now, and every one of them is crucial to the species’ survival!
Unlike the Giant Panda, the Red Panda is not a bear…It actually belongs in the same superfamily as skunks, weasels and raccoons.
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Carnivora
Suborder: Caniformia
Superfamily: Musteloidea
Family: Ailuridae
Genus: Ailurus
Species: A. fulgens
There are 2 subspecies of red panda:
1. Western Red Panda
2. Styan’s Red Panda – somewhat larger
Interestingly, although they are in the Carnivorous order, they actually are mainly herbivores eating mostly bamboo, although are known to supplement their diets with other plants, berries, grasses, insects, fish, eggs, young birds and small rodents. In captivity, it has been shown that they will readily eat red meat.
Conservation Status:
As I mentioned earlier, they are considered Endangered.
by Kimberly Edwards
Kimberly Edwards is the founder of ExoticAnimalLover.com – Keeping Up The Fight To Preserve The Planet’s Wildlife. Find awesome information about animals from all over the world, exotic animal news, updates on conservation, and anything else “Animal”. For all of you who are exotic animal lovers, you know who you are…Check out: http://www.ExoticAnimalLover.com.
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