What's the difference between giant pandas and red pandas?

Although both are called pandas, giant pandas and red pandas are not the same creature. Do you know the difference between them?

What's the difference between giant pandas and red pandas?

Giant panda is endemic to China, is one of the cutest animals in the world, is also China's national treasure, belongs to China's national first-class protected animals. The red panda is a cat-like but larger national second-class protected animal, widely distributed in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar and Nepal.

Introduction of giant pandas and red pandas

Giant panda:

1. Form

Giant panda giant panda body fat bear, plump state, round head and tail short, head body length 1.2-1.8 meters, tail length 10-12 cm. The body weight is 80-120 kg, and the maximum weight is 180 kg. The panda is slightly heavier, and the average male is slightly larger than the female. The hair color of the head and body is black and white, but black is not pure black, white is not pure white, but black is brown in black and yellow in white.

two。 Growing environment

Giant pandas live in the high mountains and deep valleys of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China, the windward side of the southeast monsoon, the climate is cool and humid, its humidity is often more than 80%, they are a kind of wet animals.

3. food

Giant pandas live almost entirely on bamboo. Among the more than 50 kinds of plants naturally eaten in the wild, bamboo accounts for more than half, and accounts for 99% of the annual food. Among them, the most favorite are big arrow bamboo, Huaxi arrow bamboo and so on.

4. Reproduction

Female giant pandas are in estrus once a year for only a short period of 2-3 days, usually in March-May of each year. The gestation period of giant pandas is 83-200 days, and the cubs are usually born around August.

Little panda:

1. Form

The red panda is fat and covered with thick long hair. The body length is 40-63 cm, the tail length is more than half of the body length, and the weight is generally about 5 kg. The head is short and wide, the muzzle protrudes, the face is round, and there are white spots on the cheeks.

two。 Growing environment

It mainly lives in the coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forest or evergreen broad-leaved forest with bamboo bushes below 3000 meters above sea level.

3. food

Like to eat bamboo shoots, twigs and leaves, a variety of wild fruits, leaves, moss, and prey on birds or eggs and other small animals and insects, especially sweet food.

4. Reproduction

Red pandas are generally in estrus between March and April in early spring, with a gestation period of 117-122 days and giving birth in May-July, with 2-3 cubs each and occasionally 4 cubs.