Red Panda (Noun)
Meaning
Reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The red panda is native to the eastern Himalayas and southern China, where it inhabits mountain forests and bamboo groves.
- At the zoo, we visited the red panda enclosure, where we saw two adorable red pandas munching on bamboo shoots.
- Red pandas are primarily herbivores, feeding on bamboo, leaves, and fruits, but they occasionally eat insects and small rodents.
- The conservation status of the red panda is vulnerable, due to habitat loss and fragmentation caused by deforestation and urbanization.
- In the wild, red pandas are solitary animals and have large territories, which they mark with scent to keep other red pandas away.