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The red panda is a mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has dense reddish-brown fur with a black belly and legs, and a ringed tail. Its head-to-body length is 51–63.5 cm with a 28–48.5 cm tail, and it weighs between 3.2 and 15 kg. Modern genetic evidence places it in close affinity with raccoons, weasels and skunks. It inhabits coniferous, temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, favouring steep slopes with dense bamboo cover close to water sources. It is solitary, largely arboreal, is well adapted to climbing and possesses elongated wrist bones or "false thumbs" used for grasping bamboo. It feeds mainly on bamboo shoots and leaves. Red pandas mate in early spring, giving birth to litters of up to four cubs in summer. The species is threatened by poaching, and habitat destruction and fragmentation due to deforestation. It has been listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2015. It is featured in animated movies, video games, comic books and as the namesake of companies and music bands. (Full article...)
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Hi @LittleJerry and BhagyaMani: and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:33, 2 May 2022 (UTC)
- Thanks for preparing this. I made a few small changes. – BhagyaMani (talk) 06:30, 3 May 2022 (UTC)