Red Panda ।।

Pandas are shy, solitary & arboreal animals. The panda became a symbol of the conservation movement around the world — a call to action to preserve endangered species, and our natural wildlife environments for our wild animals. 

In 1961, the World Wide Fund for Nature was formed, and created their logo around the Panda, because it is “an animal that is beautiful, endangered, and loved by many people in the world,”. 

There are two species of Panda - Giant Panda & Red Panda. 

In India Red Panda is found. Where it is given highest conservation status - 

IUCN Red List: Endangered

CITES: Appendix 1 

Wildlife Protection Act 1972: Schedule I

There are two subspecies of Giant panda: The black and white panda, & the ‘Qinling panda’ – A much smaller, brown subspecies of panda, discovered in 1985 in the mountain ranges of the southern Shaanxi Province in China.