1. Appearance: The red panda looks like a cat, but it is bigger than the cat, and its whole body is reddish brown. Round face, short kiss, white stripes on cheeks. Big ears, straight forward. The limbs are thick and short and dark brown. The tail is long, thick and fluffy, 12 red and dark ring; The tail tip is dark brown. Plantar mobility; There are five toes on both front and rear feet; The biggest feature of asexual bisexual raccoons is the black area around their eyes, which is in sharp contrast with the color of the white face around them. Ears are slightly round, with white hair on the top, usually gray in tone, and some are brown-black, light yellow, rare albino species. Raccoon tails are very long, with black and white rings, and a few are yellow and white, about 5 to 7.
2. Distribution: The original species of red pandas are mainly distributed in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar and Nepal. In China, it is mainly distributed in Tibet (southern slope of Himalayas), Yunnan, Sichuan and other provinces. Raccoons are native to Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, the United States and other North American regions.
3. Living habits: Red pandas mainly live in mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests or places with bamboo bushes in evergreen broad-leaved forests below 3000 meters above sea level. The annual temperature in these areas is generally below 25℃ in summer and between 0~ 10℃ in winter. The activity area is large. In summer, red pandas are mostly active in valleys with streams on shady slopes, but in winter, they are active in Yangpo valley basin, and even go down to grass slopes and bushes near villages after snowfall. I especially like sunbathing on sunny cliffs or on the tops of big trees.
Raccoons like to live in the Woods near rivers, lakes or ponds. Most of them live together in pairs or in families. Raccoons mostly rest in trees during the day and come out for activities at night. They often move in trees, and their nests are built in trees. During the day, they sleep in tree holes, rocks or holes in the ground. When they are tracked by black bears, they will flee to the treetops and hide. In winter, raccoons in the north have to hibernate in tree holes.
4. Breeding mode: Red pandas generally enter estrus from March to April in early spring, and they are pregnant for 1 17~ 122 days, and give birth from May to July, with 2~3 pandas per birth and occasionally 4. Because the red panda is very fertile, under natural circumstances, the proportion of the population is often that the larvae are more than adults, and the larvae are more than the elderly.
Raccoons have a mating season of 1 or February, a pregnancy period of 63-65 days, and one birth a year. They gave birth to young children in April or May (affected by the weather), with 3-7 children, but usually 4 children.
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The origin of raccoon nickname:
Small raccoon noodles have accompanied many people through unforgettable childhood. The small raccoon on the packaging bag is charming, with different images and endearing. In view of the strong "mass base" of raccoon pastry, many people call it "the king of pastry".
But the image of raccoon on the packaging bag is more like panda, which is different from raccoon. It belongs to Carnivora, mainly distributed in southern China and neighboring countries such as Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar and Nepal, and its staple food is bamboo shoots, fruits and insects. Because it looks like a raccoon and has the habit of washing hands before eating, it is often easily mistaken for a raccoon.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia: Raccoon? Baidu Encyclopedia: Little Panda