2. Giant pandas are good at climbing trees and can also swim.
Red pandas are very skilful, acrobatic animals. They spend most of their lives in trees and even sleep in the canopy. Their long, bushy tails provide balance and can even be used to cover themselves in winter like a little blanket. While dependent on bamboo, unlike their larger relatives, they do eat some other foods as well such as fruit, acorns, roots and eggs.
Like giant pandas, they have an extended wrist bone that functions almost like a thumb and greatly aids their grip. Despite numbering just 2,, individuals remaining in the wild, and inhabiting only a few scattered zones within their range, we already know much of how red pandas communicate with each other. Perhaps because of the scattered nature of their communities, they have several ways of marking their territories and home ranges.
Where do giant pandas live?
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A golden snub-nose monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana , found only in the forest of central and southwestern China. New research published September 16 in the journal Conservation Biology finds that these endangered monkeys can benefit from protections meant for pandas. Panda preserves provide an "umbrella" of protection for golden snub-nose monkeys and other species that share the panda's range.
This monkey is seen in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province. Golden snub-nose monkeys live in bands of dozens to hundreds in forests between 4, feet and more than 11, feet 1, meters to 3, meters elevation, and they're adapted for the cold, snowy weather found at these heights. According to the IUCN, there are a total of about 20, golden snub-nose monkeys divided among three subspecies in the wild.
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Panda and golden snub-nose monkey habitat overlaps, meaning that panda preserves provide zones of safety for these monkeys. This monkey was photographed in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province. This nature reserve, established in , protects giant pandas as well as these birds, which live in mountainous areas of central China. The blue eared pheasant is listed as "least concern" by the IUCN.
China's flagship species provides an umbrella of protections for less charismatic animals.
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New research reveals that 96 percent of the panda's range is in "endemic centers" — areas that are in the top 5 percent for number of species found only in China. China has devoted large amounts of resources into protecting pandas, including a successful lending program that has seen these hard-to-breed bears reproduce in zoos around the world. Pandas are iconic, but the takin Budorcas taxicolor tibetana is hardly known outside its range.
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This takin — a subspecies known as the Sichuan or Tibetan takin — stands in snow at the Wanglang National Nature Reserve. Takins are also known as gnu goats. This subspecies is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN.
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Takin live alongside pandas, tackling steep slopes with ease and hiding in dense underbrush. They roam at elevations as lofty as 14, feet 4, m , according to the Lincoln Park Zoo. The takin's large snout helps it warm the cold mountain air as it breathes, keeping the animal toasty even in the depths of winter. Because takins live in such cold, remote climes, little is known about their numbers or behavior in the wild.