The red panda, also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has dense reddish-brown fur with a black belly and legs, white-lined ears, a
Red Panda, Gentle Tree Dweller of the Himalayas
Watercolour painting of a red panda commissioned by Thomas Hardwicke c. 1820
A. f. styani in western Yunnan, China
Reconstructed skull and head of Simocyon, a large carnivorous early relative of the modern red panda
Ailurinae is a subfamily of Ailuridae. While it is represented by the extant genus Ailurus, there were a handful of genera whose fossils have been found across the Holarctic region. These include the
Red panda
…I Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Carnivora Family: Ailuridae Subfamily: Ailurinae Tribe: Ailurini Genus: Ailurus F. Cuvier, 1825 Species: A. fulgens Binomial name Ailurus fulgens F. Cuvier, 1825 Subspecies A. f. fulgens F. Cuvier…
Skull of Pristinailurus bristoli 2