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
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
Parailurus is a genus of extinct carnivoran mammal in the family Ailuridae. It was about 50% larger than Ailurus and lived in the Early to Late Pliocene, and its fossils have been found in Europe, Asi