giant panda vs red panda

giant panda

Definitions

noun

  1. large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae

Examples

There is concern that the giant panda will soon become extinct.

The threat to giant pandas has been recognised for decades with London Zoo making a series of abortive attempts at breeding the creatures.

His quest for an unparalleled bacchanal takes him to Tokyo and then Berlin, where he helps organize a banquet giant panda paw and white tiger cub are on the menu in what was Hitler's underground bunker.

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red panda

Definitions

noun

  1. reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas

Examples

Along the way you may even sight the Himalayan red panda, musk deer, leopards, black bear, goral and tahr in the national park.

n a az jest ovfer lukin at dem agin…cauce ai fink dey r teh cuyte..an ai notised…teh Giant pandaz r cyut, but dey awl luks reely reelly alik……an teh red pandaz…..dey alluk muches more differmintz…..differmin shaedz ov red an der fases….der markinz dey are very distinkt…sum ov dem hasteh bery whyte fasre…odderz noawt so much….

While the red panda is considered a procyonid, the mainstream view now is that the giant panda is indeed a bear, although it diverged from the main ursid line long enough ago to exhibit some striking differences in addition to the enlarged radial sesamoid, such as chromosome number, skull anatomy, and other traits.

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