Red Pandas and Giant Pandas By: Maddie Francis-Muff

Types of PandasThe Giant PandasThe Red Pandas

Both are solitary They aren’t related

HabitatRed Pandas Giant PandasLive in eastern

Himalayas and southwestern China

Thrive in temperatures between 63 and 77 degrees F

Native to mountain ranges in central-western and southwestern China

Doesn’t hibernate like other bears

AppearanceRed Pandas Giant PandasFace has white badges like

a raccoon They have a reddish-brown

coat with a long, shaggy tail with yellow rings

It waddles due to short front legs, but is an excellent climber

Size - 22 to 25 inches long, tail up to 19 inches and weighs up to 14 pounds

They look like a bear with a black and white coat

Size - 4 to 6 feet long and weighs up to 330 pounds

DietRed Pandas Giant Pandas12 pounds of bamboo a

dayAlso may eat eggs, birds,

berries, insects, and small mammals

Diet is 99% bambooEats up to 30 pounds a

dayPoops up 40 times a day

Endangered/VulnerableGiant Pandas Red PandasEndangered means faces

a very high risk of extinction in the near future

Due to habitat loss, very low birth rates and poaching for fur

Lives up to 20 years in the wild

The World Wildlife Fund uses the Panda as its symbol

Vulnerable means less then 10,000 in the world

Due to habitat loss and poaching

Tail fur is used for “good luck charm” hats

Lives up to 15 years