Red pandas were born in Karlsruhe Zoo for the first time. According to information from Friday, the young animals are a female and a male. They don’t have names yet. The duo have now been taken out of their cave for a first vet check, a spokesman said. The father of the offspring born on June 25th is called Terai, the mother Akuti.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the species Ailurus fulgens, also known as the western small panda, as critically endangered. According to the organization WWF, there are an estimated fewer than 10,000 copies left. The species lives in Nepal, India, Bhutan and Myanmar. Red pandas can measure well over a meter from head to tail. They ate mostly leaves and unripe fruit.
According to WWF information, their Chinese name Hun-ho means “fire fox” in German and refers to the predominantly shiny red color of the animals’ fur. The Western Lesser Panda and Styan’s Lesser Panda (Ailurus styani) are considered the only representatives of the so-called pandas.
