Ailurus fulgens F. G. Cuvier 1825

Ailurus fulgens F. G. Cuvier 1825, in: E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire and F. G. Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Mammiferes, pt. 4, Vol. 5, 50: "Panda" 3 pp., 1 pl.

Type Locality: "Indes orientales".

Vernacular Names: Red Panda.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Ailurus fulgens subsp. fulgens F. G. Cuvier 1825

Subspecies Ailurus fulgens subsp. refulgens Milne-Edwards 1874

Distribution: N Burma, China (Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan. Recently extinct, or absent in Guizhou, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai; see Wei, et al., 1999), Nepal, Sikkim (India).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Reviewed by Roberts and Gittleman (1984). Synonyms allocated according to Ellerman and Morrison-Scott (1951).