Red Pandas can be found in forest and shrubland areas within Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar and Nepal. They prefer to live near a water source and under canopy cover, often bamboo, which forms the majority of their diet.
Red Pandas have a relatively short lifespan in the wild, reaching an average of 8 – 10 years but in captivity this can be doubled.
They are classed as endangered with a decreasing population number due to many threats such as human encroachment into their habitat, geological events, mining and agriculture.