Red Panda Hiding
by John Telfer
Title
Red Panda Hiding
Artist
John Telfer
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Photograph - Photograph
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While visiting the Central Park Zoo, a small zoo located right in the heart of Manhattan, I came across what I thought at first was a small fox hiding behind the brush. As I got closer I could see the facial expressions and the shape of this small Red Panda. He was trying to get to some of the food to eat but with everyone hanging over with their cameras and yelling to him he was constantly running for cover and then coming out when I believe he felt it was safe. A very cute looking animal with very light red and white fur on his face, with a black colored nose and eyes. His back and legs were a much darker red coloring on his fur, while his underbelly was a white colored fur. For more information on this unique and endangered species please feel free to read below;
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also called the lesser panda, the red bear-cat, and the red cat-bear, is a mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has reddish-brown fur, a long, shaggy tail, and a waddling gait due to its shorter front legs; it is slightly larger than a domestic cat. It is arboreal, feeds mainly on bamboo, but also eats eggs, birds, and insects. It is a solitary animal, mainly active from dusk to dawn, and is largely sedentary during the day.
The red panda has been classified as Endangered by the IUCN because its wild population is estimated at less than 10,000 mature individuals and continues to decline due to habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and inbreeding depression, although red pandas are protected by national laws in their range countries.
The red panda is the only living species of the genus Ailurus and the family Ailuridae. It has been previously placed in the raccoon and bear families, but the results of phylogenetic analysis provide strong support for its taxonomic classification in its own family Ailuridae, which, along with the weasel, raccoon and skunk families is part of the superfamily Musteloidea. Two subspecies are recognized. It is not closely related to the giant panda.
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