A Red Panda, which is also called as lesser Panda, was sighted by a team of forest department officials at Mayudia in Lower Dibang valley district of Arunachal Pradesh for the first time in this area.
About:
It is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.
The red panda is slightly larger than a domestic cat with a bear-like body and thick russet fur.
The belly and limbs are black, and there are white markings on the side of the head and above its small eyes.
Red pandas are very skillful and acrobatic animals that predominantly stay in trees. Almost 50% of the red panda’s habitat is in the Eastern Himalayas.