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Published: 2008-07-02 19:34:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 493; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 5
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Did you know?......The red, or lesser, panda is not actually a panda at all. It actually belongs to its own family group, Ailuridae. It was originally thought to be a small species of panda because of its facial markings, and its diet, which consists primarily and largely of bamboo.
Red panda.
Ailurus fulgens fulgens
Paignton Zoo.
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Thanks for the fav
He's cute ! I didn't know what you said about the "family" of this animal, but actually, I was wondering why it was named "panda" because the 2 species are not really similar...so I concluded they might have made a mistake when they discovered the animal :-/
I'm joking. But I didn't know the name "Ailuridae". It may not be the same in france.
Btw here in France we call it "chinese panda" and I don't know why because big black and white pandas are chinese too, aren't they ? ...well 
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I didn't realise you called it that. The two names I have for it in French are Petit Panda and Panda Γclatant (which I believe is bright when talking about fur?).
I would imagine that the family name Ailuridae is the same in French as it is a scientific name which are generally based on Latin and Greek.
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You're right it must come from latin or greek but sometimes the original name is "changed" by the language and I think it's the case for this one because when I search it on the internet, I'm only sent to websites in english.
And I can't find the translation in french -_-'
And I had never heard the name "panda Γ©clatant" before so, you learnt me something about my own language
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Check out the IUCN Red list
They are the official endangered list for all the world's species. They do not have every species but it's a great website. They have scientific names, as well as common names for different languages.
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Thanks very much.
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Thank you very much.
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I'm glad you like it.
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You're welcome 
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No, no link. They are not even bears.
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Wow ... then it's awsome how nature made them look so similar
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Great capture and composition. I love the expression, it's too cute.
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Thanks very much, and thanks for the 
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great facial expression 
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Thanks, they are gorgeous.
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Great shot.... and fantastic bit of info. Didnt know that but a good bit on knowledge to possess. The image is fantastic and really cute. Blowing raspberries... I say what a rude little fella lol xxx
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lol thanks.
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This is really nice.
And that's what I thought! I knew red pandas weren't pandas. Haha, I was just talking about that the other day.
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Thanks.
I'm going to try and put a little more information about the subjects in my images with my deviations from now on. Not sure if I'll manage it, depends on time.
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Yeah. That's the thing with uploading images. It can be pretty time consuming, but text definitely adds to the photo. Unfortunately, I don't know much about most of the animals that I photograph, haha.
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Just look them up on the net. Loads of info to be found. I watch a lot of wildlife documentaries too, and I spend a lot of time in the countryside in the UK just observing what is around.
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