Red Panda Sleeping in a Tree Trunk

red panda

What a gorgeous photo of a such a gorgeous animal!

Have you ever looked at a red panda and thought it was interesting that it’s called a “panda” and yet looks like some kind of a raccoon? Turns out over time some people have classified it as a bear and some as a raccoon but more recently research has shown that it’s really part of the Ailuridae family and is the only living species in this family. (The other animals in the Ailuridae family lived 3-4 million years ago).

Thanks to Wikipedia for all of this interesting info about red pandas and the Ailuridae family of animals.