This document summarizes and compares the key traits of giant pandas and red pandas. Both eat primarily bamboo but are not closely related. Giant pandas are native to central China while red pandas live in the Himalayas. Giant pandas are larger, mostly black and white, and endangered due to habitat loss and low birth rates. Red pandas are smaller and reddish-brown with a ringed tail and are vulnerable mainly due to habitat loss and poaching for their fur.

1. By: Maddie Francis-Muff

3. Types of Pandas
 The Giant Pandas
 The Red Pandas
 Both are solitary
 They aren’t related

4. Habitat
Red Pandas Giant Pandas
 Live in eastern Himalayas  Native to mountain ranges in
and southwestern China central-western and
 Thrive in temperatures southwestern China
between 63 and 77 degrees F  Doesn’t hibernate like other
bears

5. Appearance
Red Pandas Giant Pandas
 Face has white badges like a  They look like a bear with a
raccoon black and white coat
 They have a reddish-brown
coat with a long, shaggy tail  Size - 4 to 6 feet long and
with yellow rings weighs up to 330 pounds
 It waddles due to short front
legs, but is an excellent
climber
 Size - 22 to 25 inches
long, tail up to 19 inches and
weighs up to 14 pounds

6. Diet
Red Pandas Giant Pandas
 12 pounds of bamboo a day  Diet is 99% bamboo
 Also may eat eggs, birds,  Eats up to 30 pounds a day
berries, insects, and small  Poops up 40 times a day
mammals

7. Endangered/Vulnerable
Giant Pandas Red Pandas
 Endangered means faces a  Vulnerable means less then
very high risk of extinction in 10,000 in the world
the near future  Due to habitat loss and
 Due to habitat loss, very low poaching
birth rates and poaching for  Tail fur is used for “good luck
fur charm” hats
 Lives up to 20 years in the  Lives up to 15 years
wild
 The World Wildlife Fund
uses the Panda as its symbol