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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 69. Chapters: Black rat, Red panda, Clouded leopard, Gaur, Bengal tiger, Indian Rhinoceros, Rhesus Macaque, Leopard Cat, Sambar, Asian Golden Cat, Indian Elephant, Siberian Weasel, Indian Leopard, Blackbuck, Asian Palm Civet, Indian Muntjac, Greater Horseshoe Bat, Gray langur, Four-horned Antelope, Kiang, Black giant squirrel, Marbled Cat, Barasingha, Tibetan Wolf, Malayan Porcupine, Corsac Fox, Asian House Shrew, Yellow-throated Marten, Himalayan Brown Bear, Assam Macaque, Large Indian Civet, Neofelis, Hispid Hare, Kashmir Gray Langur, Pardofelis, Tarai Gray Langur, Himalayan Striped Squirrel, Spotted Linsang, Chestnut White-bellied Rat, Asian Gray Shrew, Himalayan Mole, Big-eared Horseshoe Bat, Spotted Giant Flying Squirrel, Rhinolophus affinis. Excerpt: The red panda (Ailurus fulgens, or shining-cat), is a small arboreal mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It is the only species of the genus Ailurus. Slightly larger than a domestic cat, it has reddish-brown fur, a long, shaggy tail, and a waddling gait due to its shorter front legs. It feeds mainly on bamboo, but is omnivorous and may also eat eggs, birds, insects, and small mammals. 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 Vulnerable by IUCN because its population is estimated at fewer than 10,000 mature individuals. Although red pandas are protected by national laws in their range countries, their numbers in the wild continue to decline mainly due to habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and inbreeding depression. The red panda has been previously classified in the families Procyonidae (raccoons) and Ursidae (bears), but recent research has placed it in its own family Ailuridae, in superfamily Musteloidea along with Mustelidae and Procyonidae. Two sub...
