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The red panda is red, black, and white. They are endangered animals. The species is with an estimated population of just 2,500 left. The Red Panda is sometimes mistaken for a cat or even a fox. The red panda is also known as the Lesser Panda or the Shining Cat. They are natives to southeastern Asia and can be found in the Himalayas from western Nepal, Southern Tibet, Bhutan, and Northeast India. This animal is known to be most active at dawn and dusk, so during the day it is not usual to see them feeding, instead they will be sprawled out over a high branch of a tree resting. The favorite food of the Red Panda is bamboo. The species will also eat berries, mushrooms, acorns, grass, small birds, eggs, rodents, and insects. In Captivity the Red Panda is also known to eat red meat, which they do not eat in the wild. You will not usually find the Red Panda together unless it is time to mate, which is between the end of December to the middle of February. The female Red Panda will give birth to one or four live cubs. When the Red Panda are born they are blind and will not start to open their eyes for about 18 days and when they are 40 days old their eyes would be fully open. The Red Panda mothers take care of their young for 12 weeks in the nest, bet will not be weaned till they are six to eight months old and they will not leave their mother until she has births more babies. The longest the Red Panda can live is eight to ten years but they are known to live as long as 15 years.