Family AILURIDAE (RED PANDA)

• Small to medium mammals with round head, short muzzle, large and pointed ears, and bushytail; muzzle, lips, cheeks, and edges of ears white, eyes with small dark patches, and tail with alternate red and buff colored rings.

• 79-122 cm.

• Mountains of Central Asia.

• Forested mountainous areas; typically deciduous and coniferous forests with bamboo-thicket understory.

• 1 genus, 1 species, 2 taxa.

• | species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.