Giant pandas might get most of the media attention, but red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) are in just as much trouble from a conservation standpoint. Habitat fragmentation is the greatest threat (as it is with many species), outside pressures from humans worsening the situation for these animals as they have a naturally occurring slow birth rate and high death rate. As with other animals from Asia, products made from various parts of the red panda are important to various ceremonies and the animals are still hunted and poached, especially for their hides. The individual above was photographed at the Bronx Zoo.
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tags: giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca,
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Hooray! This is the second-favorite animal at the zoo for my wife and me, and we snapped some wonderful pictures of it the last time we were there. (Our favorite, though, is the slow loris.)