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Sherpa, A. P.; Lama, S. T.; Shrestah, S.; Williams, B. & Bista, D. (2021). "Red Pandas in Nepal: community-based approach to landscape-level conservation". In Glatston, A. R. (ed.). Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda (Seconded.). London: Academic Press. pp.495–508. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-823753-3.00019-3. ISBN 978-0-12-823753-3. S2CID 243829246. Archived from the original on 27 March 2022 . Retrieved 1 February 2022. a b Yonzon, P. B. & Hunter, M. L. Jr. (1991). "Conservation of the Red Panda Ailurus fulgens". Biological Conservation. 57 (1): 1–11. doi: 10.1016/0006-3207(91)90104-H. Since 2010, community-based conservation programmes have been initiated in 10 districts in Nepal that aim to help villagers reduce their dependence on natural resources through improved herding and food processing practices and alternative income possibilities. The Nepali government ratified a five-year Red Panda Conservation Action Plan in 2019. [92] From 2016 to 2019, 35ha (86 acres) of high-elevation rangeland in Merak, Bhutan, was restored and fenced in cooperation with 120 herder families to protect the red panda forest habitat and improve communal land. [93] Villagers in Arunachal Pradesh established two community conservation areas to protect the red panda habitat from disturbance and exploitation of forest resources. [45] China has initiated several projects to protect its environment and wildlife, including Grain for Green, The Natural Forest Protection Project and the National Wildlife/Natural Reserve Construction Project. For the last project, the red panda is not listed as a key species for protection but may benefit from the protection of the giant panda and golden snub-nosed monkey, with which it overlaps in range. [94] In captivity Red panda at Symbio Wildlife Park The red panda inhabits Nepal, the states of Sikkim, West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh in India, Bhutan, southern Tibet, northern Myanmar and China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. [1] The global potential habitat of the red panda has been estimated to comprise 47,100km 2 (18,200sqmi) at most; this habitat is located in the temperate climate zone of the Himalayas with a mean annual temperature range of 18–24°C (64–75°F). [33] Throughout this range, it has been recorded at elevations of 2,000–4,300m (6,600–14,100ft). [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] Habitat of the red panda Country

a b c Dong, X.; Zhang, J.; Gu, X.; Wang, Y.; Bai, W. & Huang, Q. (2021). "Evaluating habitat suitability and potential dispersal corridors across the distribution landscape of the Chinese Red Panda ( Ailurus styani) in Sichuan, China". Global Ecology and Conservation. 28: e01705. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01705. Ghimire, G.; Pearch, M.; Baral, B.; Thapa, B. & Baral, R. (2019). "The first photographic record of the Red Panda Ailurus fulgens (Cuvier, 1825) from Lamjung District outside Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 11 (12): 14576–14581. doi: 10.11609/jott.4828.11.12.14576-14581. In 2006, scientists reported that the number of pandas living in the wild may have been underestimated at about 1,000. Previous population surveys had used conventional methods to estimate the size of the wild panda population, but using a new method that analyzes DNA from panda droppings, scientists believe the wild population may be as large as 3,000. [52] In 2006, there were 40 panda reserves in China, compared to just 13 reserves in 1998. [13] As the species has been reclassified to "vulnerable" since 2016, the conservation efforts are thought to be working. Furthermore, in response to this reclassification, the State Forestry Administration of China announced that they would not accordingly lower the conservation level for panda, and would instead reinforce the conservation efforts. [136]Bista, D. (2018). "Communities in frontline in Red Panda conservation, eastern Nepal" (PDF). The Himalayan Naturalist. 1 (1): 11–12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 January 2022 . Retrieved 27 January 2022. Lewis, M. (2011). "Birth and mother rearing of Nepalese red pandas Ailurus fulgens fulgens at the Taronga Conservation Society Australia". International Zoo Yearbook. 45 (1): 250–258. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2011.00135.x. The giant panda is a vulnerable species, threatened by continued habitat loss and habitat fragmentation, [134] and by a very low birthrate, both in the wild and in captivity. [52] Its range is currently confined to a small portion on the western edge of its historical range, which stretched through southern and eastern China, northern Myanmar, and northern Vietnam. [1] Acharya, K. P.; Shrestha, S.; Paudel, P. K.; Sherpa, A. P.; Jnawali, S. R.; Acharya, S. & Bista, D. (2018). "Pervasive human disturbance on habitats of endangered Red Panda Ailurus fulgens in the central Himalaya". Global Ecology and Conservation. 15: e00420. doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2018.e00420. S2CID 92988737. giant panda (mammal) – Encyclopedia Britannica". Britannica.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013 . Retrieved 23 January 2017.

The family Ailuridae appears to have evolved in Europe in either the Late Oligocene or Early Miocene, about 25to18 million years ago. The earliest member Amphictis is known from its 10cm (4in) skull and may have been around the same size as the modern species. Its dentition consists of sharp premolars and carnassials (P4 and m1) and molars adapted for grinding (M1, M2 and m2), suggesting that it had a generalised carnivorous diet. Its placement within Ailuridae is based on the grooves on the side of its canine teeth. Other early or basal ailurids include Alopecocyon and Simocyon, whose fossils have been found throughout Eurasia and North America dating from the Middle Miocene, the latter of which survived into the Early Pliocene. Both have similar teeth to Amphictis and thus had a similar diet. [19] The puma-sized Simocyon was likely a tree-climber and shared a "false thumb"—an extended wrist bone—with the modern species, suggesting the appendage was an adaptation to arboreal locomotion and not to feed on bamboo. [19] [20] a b Roberts, M. S. & Kessler, D. S. (1979). "Reproduction in Red pandas, Ailurus fulgens (Carnivora: Ailuropodidae)". Journal of Zoology. 188 (2): 235–249. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1979.tb03402.x. Millar, J. & Tenzing, K. (2021). "Transforming degraded rangelands and pastoralists' livelihoods in eastern Bhutan". Mountain Research and Development. 41 (4): D1–D7. doi: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-21-00025.1.Nijboer, J. & Dierenfeld, E. S. (2021). "Red panda nutrition: how to feed a vegetarian carnivore". In Glatston, A. R. (ed.). Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda (Seconded.). London: Academic Press. pp.225–238. ISBN 978-0-12-823753-3. Cuddle up and laugh with this heart-warming and hilarious picture book with your special someones, big and little, from master storyteller David Walliams.The charming story of a courageous little panda on a very big adventure. One morning, deep in the forest, a beautiful baby panda was born, different to all the other pandas he had dazzling orange fur."I will call you Marmalade!" His mummy whispered, she couldn't be more in love. Community-based conservation programmes have been initiated in Nepal, Bhutan and northeastern India; in China, it benefits from nature conservation projects. Regional captive breeding programmes for the red panda have been established in zoos around the world. It is featured in animated movies, video games, comic books and as the namesake of companies and music bands.