People once thought the red panda was related to bears or raccoons, but they are actually their own genus, Ailuridae. Within the genus, there are two species: fulgens fulgens and fulgens refulgens.

Utah's Hogle Zoo has introduced its newest resident, William, a one-year-old Chinese red panda.William traveled to Salt Lake ...

It is the only living member of its own taxonomic family, Ailuridae, and is related more closely to raccoons, skunks, and badgers ...

Originally classified as a racoon and then as a bear, it is actually its own family—Ailuridae. However, it does share some traits with its much larger black-and-white namesake: an enigmatic bear ...

Despite sharing a common name, red pandas are not closely related to giant pandas—often considered the real panda. Phylogenetically, the red panda falls under a unique taxonomic group called Ailuridae ...

The Himalayan omnivore occupies its own family (Ailuridae), and its closest relatives are weasels, raccoons, and skunks.

Despite their name, Red Pandas are not related to panda bears. They actually belong to their own taxonomic category called Ailuridae. "Trash Pandas" makes sense because raccoons share the black ...