Red panda: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article thoroughly revised. Oct 21, 2026
Add new Web site: World Animal Rescue Network - Red Panda. Oct 16, 2026
Add new Web site: One Earth - Red pandas: Adorable gardeners of the bamboo forest. Oct 29, 2025
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Microbiology - Microbial Biogeography Along the Gastrointestinal Tract of a Red Panda. Aug 08, 2025
Add new Web site: BMC Veterinary Research - Morphological examination of the visual system and orbital region in the red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens). May 14, 2025
Add new Web site: Lorestan University - Journal of Animal Diversity - Research trends, conservation issues and approaches for the endangered Red panda (Ailurus fulgens): a systematic review of literatures across their home -range (PDF). Mar 17, 2025
Add new Web site: Edge of Existence - Red Panda, Ailurus fulgens. Aug 01, 2024
Add new Web site: The Ohio State University Pressbooks - Environmental ScienceBites Volume 2 - The Effect of Livestock Grazing on the Himalayan Red Panda, Ailurus fulgens. May 29, 2024
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library - Red Pandas (Ailurus fulgens & A. styani) Fact Sheet: Summary. Apr 19, 2024
Add new Web site: International Fund for Animal Welfare - Red panda. Feb 16, 2024
Add new Web site: World Wildlife Fund - Red Panda. Dec 06, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Study on the environmental adaptation characteristics of red panda release into the wild. Jun 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Live Science - Facts About Red Pandas. May 11, 2023
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Red Panda. Mar 30, 2023
Add new Web site: San Diego Zoo Animals and Plants - Red Panda. Dec 05, 2022
Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Red panda. Sep 06, 2022
Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Red Panda. Jul 25, 2022
Add new Web site: Smithsonian's National Zoo - Red Panda. Aug 15, 2021
Noted that some scientists claim that red pandas should be divided into two species, Ailurus fulgens and Ailurus styani. Jan 27, 2021
Corrected display issue. Jun 13, 2018
Add new Web site: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species - Ailurus fulgens. Jan 29, 2018
Media added. Aug 16, 2017
Title and text changed from "lesser panda" to "red panda." Jun 26, 2013
Text mentioning the classification of the red, or lesser, panda Ailurus fulgens in family Ailuridae added. Feb 01, 2012
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Red Panda. Sep 01, 2011
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Red Panda. Apr 29, 2011
Added new Web site: Buzzle.com - The Lesser Panda. May 13, 2009
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Animals - Red Panda. Sep 04, 2008
Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Red Panda. Mar 10, 2008
Article revised and updated. May 07, 2007
Added new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Red Panda. Apr 19, 2007
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Red panda. Apr 19, 2007
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Red Panda. Apr 19, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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