Ailurus fulgens Cuvier, 1825

Thu, Aye Myat, Lwin, Ye Htet & Quan, Rui-Chang, 2024, Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist, Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3), pp. 147-197 : 183

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1515/mammalia-2023-0098

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13930758

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/BF0B87EA-AE41-FFD7-9F4B-FEFFFBC50677

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scientific name

Ailurus fulgens Cuvier, 1825
status

 

293. Ailurus fulgens Cuvier, 1825 View in CoL

Common name: Chinese Red Panda, Eastern Red Panda Myanmar name:

Distribution: China, India and Northern Myanmar (Hkakaborazi NP, Hponkanrazi WS and Proposed Imawbum NP; Lwin et al. 2021; Nijman 2015).

Remarks: Two subspecies are recognized and the red panda that recorded in the Northern Myanmar has similar morphological characters to A. f. styani, i.e., distinct tail rings, pale red colored face, living within an elevation range of 2700 – 2900 m ( Lwin et al. 2021); however, further genetic information is still needed to confirm its identity. This species is listed as endangered by the IUCN and a completely protected species of Myanmar.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

SubOrder

Caniformia

Family

Ailuridae

SubFamily

Ursinae

Genus

Ailurus

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