Little panda.

pet raccoon family.

Habitat: China, northern Burma, Bhutan, Nepal and northeastern India. To the west of Nepal does not occur. He lives in mountainous bamboo forests at an altitude of 2000-4000 meters above sea level in a temperate climate.

Special features: top coat small red panda or nut, the bottom dark, reddish-brown or black. In the hair on the back of the yellow tips. Paws glossy black, red tail, with inconspicuous lighter narrow rings, head light, the edges of the ears and snout almost white, and about the eye pattern as a mask. Lesser panda is mainly a night (or rather, Twilight) lifestyle, daytime sleeping in a hollow, and covered with a curled tail head. In case of danger and climb trees. On the ground pandas move slowly and awkwardly, but great climb trees, but, nevertheless, it feeds mainly on the ground - mainly the young leaves and bamboo shoots.

Dimensions: body length 51-64 cm, tail 28-48 cm, weighs 3-4.5 kg

By the way: small pandas live alone. "Personal" female territory covers an area of ​​about 2.5 square meters. km, male - twice.