Merganser

 

The Life of Animals | Merganser | Besides fish, take a wide variety of aquatic prey such as molluscs, crustaceans, worms, larvae of insects and amphibians, less frequently, small mammals and birds can be adopted. As in other birds with the character, the salmon pink hue variable shows men probably related to diet, derived from carotenoid pigments found in certain fish and shellfish. In most places, the merganser is almost as good a salt water fresh water goer.

In small streams, are found in pairs or small groups, and float down, circling in the rapids, or fish with strength in some deep pool at the foot of a waterfall or rapid. When floating quietly, which are placed in the water like ducks. But swimming in deep water as cormorants too, especially if you're swimming upstream. Often the fish in a group that forms a semicircle, and drive the fish into a shallow, where they are easily caught. In areas without trees (such as the mountains of Central Asia), using the holes of steep and high cliffs, banks, sometimes at great distances from water. The ducks are taken from his mother in his bill to rivers or lakes soon after hatching, where they feed on freshwater invertebrates and small fish fry, when fledging 60-70 days old.

The species is a partial migrant, with the birds away from areas where large rivers and lakes freeze in winter, but live where the water open. Eastern part of North American birds south in small groups in the United States ice conditions on lakes and rivers, there is freedom, smoother on the Pacific coast, they are permanent residents. Scandinavian and Russian birds migrate to the south, but the West European birds, and some in Japan are largely established. In particular, most of the Western European male population migrates north from estuaries in Finnmark in northern Norway (mainly Tanafjord) to the suit, allowing the females to ensure the ducks.

In Western Europe there was a clear spread south from Scandinavia in the field of breeding in 1850, to colonize in Scotland in 1871, in England in 1941, and also a large increase in population in the Alps A small breeding population was recently Ireland.

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African Fish Eagle

  

The Life of Animals | African Fish Eagle | African Fish Eagle is a species placed in genus Haliaeetus (sea eagles). The African Fish Eagle closest relative appears to be critically endangered Madagascar Fish Eagle (H. vociferoides). As the pairs of sea eagles of all species, is composed of a white-headed species (African Fish Eagle) and a tan head. The scientific name is derived from Haliaeetus, New Latin for "sea eagle" (from ancient greek haliaetos), and vocifer genus name is derived from the original, so called by the French naturalist François Levaillant, which he called "the pure." African Fish Eagle is a large bird, and the female, 3.2-3.6 kg (7-8 lb) is larger than the males, at 2-2.5 kg (4.4 to 5.5 kg). Males have a wingspan of about 2 meters (6 feet), while females have a wingspan of 2.4 meters (8 feet).

Adults are very distinctive in appearance, with a mostly brown body and large, powerful, black wings. The eyes are dark brown. The feet have rough soles and are equipped with powerful claws to allow the eagle to grasp the slippery aquatic prey. Although this species subsists primarily on fish and  opportunistic and can take a wider variety of prey, waterfowl. The call, when more acute given by men, is a WEEE Hyo-Hyo-ah-ah-or HEEE heeah heeah. As the name suggests, African fish eagles are indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa, ranging over most of continental Africa south of the Sahara Desert.

African Fish Eagle is assumed to occur in many places around the Lake Victoria and other lakes that are located in central Africa, particularly in the Rift Valley lakes. African Fish Eagle is a generalist species, which requires only the open water with prey and a fairly good pole. African Fish Eagle is absent arid with little surface water. breeding season of African fish eagles is during the dry season, when water level is low. African fish eagles are believed to be monogamous Incubation lasts 42-45 days before hatching chicks.

African Fish Eagle feeds mainly on fish, which, to locate potential prey from a perch in a tree, will be descending on its prey and breaking of the waters, with its large claws claws. The eagle will then fly to his perch to eat the fish. Like other sea eagles, African Fish Eagle has structures called tiptoed spiricules to capture fish and other slippery prey. If the African fish eagle catching a fish over 1.8 kg (4 pounds), it will be too heavy to allow the eagle to get a lift, so that the fish rather than slipping on the surface of the water to reach the shore.  African Fish Eagle is known to steal other bird species (such as Goliath herons) capture. From time to time may also remove mammalian prey as badgers and monkeys.

White Bellied Sea Eagle

 

  

The Life of Animals | White Bellied Sea Eagle | White-belly sea eagle with white head, back and bottom, and a dark back, or gray-blue wings. In flight, the black feathers on the wings, as is easily seen when the bird is seen from below. The large, hooked beak leaden gray-blue with a darker tip, and the iris dark brown. Legs yellow or gray, with long claws blacks (claws). In contrast to the type of Aquila eagles, feathered legs. Females are slightly larger, 80-90 cm (32-36 inches) and 2.5-4.5 kg (5.5 to 10 kg). A 2004 study of 37 birds from Australia and Papua New Guinea (3 ° C to 50 ° C) found that birds can be sexed reliably by size, and birds from more southern latitudes was greater by north. There is no seasonal change in plumage. White-belly sea eagle model changes are poorly understood.

 

For the active flight, white belly sea eagle alternates strong deep wing beats with short planning period. Young white belly sea eagle in the first year, mostly brown, with shades of cream streaked feathers on the head area, neck, nape and rump. This species breeds from all over the six years. Australian naturalist David Fleay said that the challenge is one of the most famous calls and distant transport of Australian birds, in sharp contrast to the relatively peaceful applications of wedge-tailed eagle. Adult white belly sea eagles are evident and are unlikely to be confused with any other bird. Immature birds may be confused with a wedge-tailed eagle.

In India, the Egyptian vulture has white plumage, but smaller and whiter than the back and wings. White belly white-tailed sea eagle in flight, distinguishes it from other species of large eagles. In the Philippines, may be confused with the eagle of the Philippines, which is distinguished by its crest, immature white belly sea eagles resemble immature fish eagle gray, but can be identified by their lower parts more completely dark brown and the feathers of wings and wedge-shaped tail.

White-bellied Sea Eagle is out of Mumbai on a regular basis (sometimes in the north of Gujarat, in the past, Lakshadweep) east to India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in South Asia, across the coast south-east Asia, including Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Indochina, and the main coastal islands of the Philippines and southern China, including Hong Kong, Hainan and Fuzhou, east through New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, and Australia. Similarly, in South Australia, is the most common on the north coast of Kangaroo Island. White-bellied Sea Eagle is generally sedentary and territorial, although it can travel long distances. They have been recorded traveling along the river to hunt flying foxes (Pteropus).

White-bellied sea eagles are territorial, and some birds form permanent pairs that inhabit territories throughout the year, while others are nomadic. The species are monogamous, with a couple stays together until one bird dies, the surviving birds and then quickly look for a new partner. A child growing up in Cowell, South Australia has reported 3,000 km (1,800 miles) on Fraser Island in Queensland. Small groups of white-bellied sea eagles are sometimes collected if there is an abundant source of food, such as cage or fish offal on board. Much of the behavior of white belly Sea Eagle, particularly agriculture, is still poorly understood. The breeding season varies depending on where it was recorded in the dry season in the Trans-Fly region and the central province of Papua New Guinea, and from June to August in Australia. A pair of white-bellied sea eagle is a display capable of flight before copulation: diving, sliding, and chasing each other while talking aloud.

This behavior has been recorded as an aggressive display with a wedge-tailed eagle. White-bellied Sea Eagle is usually selects large trees or stands for artificial nests in a pair were recorded using a tower cable Tin Wan in Hong Kong. Each year, leading to repair in the nests to get progressively larger. Nests are usually located in the forks of large trees overlooking the water. Old nests of Wedge-tailed Eagle or Whistling kites were repaired and used. The rocks are also suitable nesting sites and nest on the islands are sometimes built on the ground. Breeding pairs, the male most active, from three to six weeks of construction or reconstruction of the nest to lay their eggs usually taken two opaque white, oval eggs.

Initially, the male brings food and feeding the chicks females, but the parents feed the chicks as they grow older. Although two eggs are laid, it is unusual for two young successfully reared tail (leaving the nest). An egg may be infertile, or the second chick could die in the nest. White-bellied Sea Eagle is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN. Field studies of Kangaroo Island in South Australia has shown that pairs nesting in areas with high levels of human intervention (as determined by the cancellation of high landscape and human activity) have lower rates of reproductive success.

In the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, nests have been released, as human activities encroach on the territories of other countries, the eagles, clearing of trees suitable for nesting was seen to disappear in large part on the field, such as removal Casuarina equisetifolia is located near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh in India.  Also, they nest on the island Netrani, where they are interested in, firing torpedoes carried by the Indian Navy. Nearly 100 nests were observed on this island.

Sea Eagle

  

The Life of Animals | Sea Eagle | The Sea Eagle (also known as white-tailed eagle and the Erne, especially for white-tailed eagle) is a bird of prey of the genus Haliaeetus in the bird of prey family Accipitridae. Eagles vary in size from a fish eagle Sanford average of 2 to 2.7 kg for the massive Steller's sea eagle weighing up to 9 kg. To 6.9 kg, white-tailed eagle is the largest in Europe. Eagles can weigh up to 6.3 kg, making it the largest eagle native to North America.  Three pairs of obvious species: white-tailed eagles, bald eagles and white-bellied sea Sanford and Africa and Madagascar fish eagle Each consists of a white and brown and kind of head and tail are white in all adult eagle, except for Sanford, white-bellied, and Pallas.

The genus is present in the Middle Miocene (12-16 Ma) with confidence Its closest relatives are the eagles fishing in Ichthyophaga kind, very similar to a tropical Haliaeetus species. The origin of the eagles and eagles fishing, probably in the general area in the Bay of Bengal. During the Eocene / Oligocene, as the Indian subcontinent collided with Eurasia, slowly, this vast expanse of relatively shallow ocean, the initial divergence of March eagle seems to have resulted in four tropical (and subtropical Southern Hemisphere) species across the Indian Ocean today.

In 2005, studies have shown that the molecular paraphyletic genus and summarizes Ichthyophaga, different species in a group of temperate and tropical.

Lizard Sailfin

 

  

The Life of Animals | Lizard SailFin | Malaysian Sail finned Lizards grow 0.9144m (3 feet) in length. These lizards have a small head with a long snout and nose oval near the tip of the snout. In the head and the muzzle is usually a top of some large scales and small scales. Fingers and toes have lobes of skin. The Sail finned Lizards characteristic is only the tail, which is twice the length of the head and body together.

The flattening of the tail helps the lizard swim. They are stocky lizards that are dark green-brown with black spots. These lizards are found in Indonesia, New Guinea, Philippines. Young people can be found in ditches and around people. The lizard males are combative and competitive against other males when trying to court the females.

Browse fins Lizards feed mostly on plants, but also are known for insects, rodents and millipedes eat, people eat prey is worth 60% and 40% of the plants. Amboinensis lives Hydrosaurus 15 years or more.

Spectacled Bear

 

  
The Life of Animals | Spectacled Bear | The spectacled bear is a species of medium size bear native in South America has black fur with a distinctive tan markings around the face and upper chest, although not all Andean bears have "spectacle" markings. Males can weigh 100-200 kg (220 - 440 pounds) and 35 women -82 kg (77-181 lbs). Spectacled bears are the only species of bear native to South America survived, and the only surviving member of the subfamily Tremarctinae.

 

Like other bears, mothers are protective of their young and attacked the poachers. Bears herbivores glasses are more than most other bears, generally about 5-7% of their diet is meat. The most common foods for these bears are cacti, palm nuts, bulbs, orchids, fruit fallen on the forest floor and palm leaves closed. Prey is usually very small, but these bears can front-grown deer, llamas and domestic cattle and horses.

Probably, some bears have become accustomed to eating animals, but bears are actually more likely to eat carrion and livestock farmers as some may accidentally take the spectacled bear killed. Because of fear of loss of inventory, the bears can be shot on sight The population bear glasses is at risk of a number of reasons. Bears are hunted by the locals because of a belief that eating animals (bears with glasses, even if they do not eat large quantities of meat). The gallbladder of spectacled bears are valued in traditional Chinese medicine and can fetch a higher price in international market.

As food sources of bears are disappearing, is based on food crops. For this reason, farmers see the bears, such as competition and hunt them. The law against hunting bears exist, but is rarely applied. In the documentary Paddington Bear: The Early Years, British actor Stephen Fry is a spectacled bear named Yogi, which was held in a small cage by Andean villagers (see also Paddington Bear).

Fry took an interest in bears to accompany the documentary, Stephen Fry and spectacled bears, and he also wrote and published their experiences to save the Spectacled Bear: A Peruvian daily. The BBC documentary "Spectacled Bears: Shadows of the Forest" Bear looks at some of the research was conducted in Peru and Ecuador, and that researchers are discovering.

Kakapo

 

  

The Life of Animals | Kakapo | Kakapo parrots large round male measures up to 60 cm (24 inches) and weighs from 2 to 4 kg (4-9 lb) at maturity. Kakapo can not fly, having short wings for their size and lack of pronounced keel bone (sternum) that anchors the flight muscles of other birds. Unlike other species of land birds, Kakapo can accumulate a large amount of body fat for energy storage, making it the heaviest parrot. At the top of the Kakapo have yellowish green moss, or mottled feathers are prohibited, black or dark gray-brown, stirring well with native vegetation. Belly, tail, neck and face mostly yellow, streaked with pale green, slightly mottled brown-gray. Kakapo has a few feathers notable person driving fine, owl like face, so that the first European settlers called the "owl parrot". Beak surrounded by thin mustaches, or "whiskers" that birds use to test the waters to navigate, as he walks with his head down. Kakapo feet are large, scaly, and, like all parrots, zygodactyl (two toes pointing forward and two steps back). End of the tail feathers are often worn by the constant slip on the ground.

A woman can be easily distinguished from that of men: he is the head narrower and less domed, its beak is narrow and proportionately more of its ceremonies and nostrils small feet and legs are thinner and pinkish gray, and its tail is proportionately larger. It seeks to confront more and more aggressive than men when treated. Like many parrots, Kakapo has a number of challenges. Kakapo is a well-developed sense of smell, which complements its nightlife. The smell is often warns predators Kakapo largely defenseless. It seems that the Kakapo and many species of birds of New Zealand has evolved to occupy an ecological niche, usually filled with various mammalian species (marine mammals not native to New Zealand, three species of bats small). Before the arrival of humans, Kakapo were distributed in all three main islands of New Zealand. Although the Kakapo can not fly, it is an excellent climber, climbing to the tops of tall trees. A woman, he made two trips back each night during the nesting season of its nest to a food source up to 1 km (0.6 miles), and men can walk the house scene of a range of coupling to 5 km (3 miles) during the breeding season (October-January).

Young birds have a fighting game and enter the neck of a bird is often the other under his chin. Kakapo is curious by nature and are known to interact with people. Conservation staff and volunteers engaged widely with some Kakapo, which have different personalities. Kakapo was a very successful species in pre-human New Zealand and one of the reasons for this have been a lot of accessories to effectively avoid predators of local birds of prey, which are their only predators in the past. All four species rose to head the search for prey in the day and avoid the birds of prey, whose ancestors camouflage uniform and Kakapo became night. Predatory mammals, unlike birds, rely on their sense of smell and hearing to find prey and often hunt at night. The usual way for people to track down the Kakapo is the liberation of trained dogs Kakapo is the only type of parrot fly around the world, and only flightless bird that has a lek breeding system. Men are free to assemble in the arena and compete with each other to attract females. Women listen to men, because they show, or "leks They choose a mate based on the quality of its display, if not pursued by men in any way to open a pair bond is formed. Males and females meet only to mate.

Men remain in their camp during the mating season. Fight against birds may leave injury or even kill them. Kakapo is a rare bird in the world that built its current bowls are often created alongside the rocks, banks or tree trunks, to reflect the sound of the bowl itself act as amplifiers for increase the projection of the growth in male mating calls. Each bowl man linked network of trails and paths, which can range from 50 meters (160 feet) along the ridge or 20 meters (60 feet) in diameter around the hill. Men clean their bowls, and traces of debris. To attract females, males emit a strong low frequency (below 100 Hz) calls booming Cup, enlargement of the bag. After a sequence of about 20 loud explosion, a man Kakapo radiates high frequencies, metallic "ching" sound. Men are growing at an average eight hours a day, every man can produce thousands of arrows at that time. Once a woman enters the yard of one of the men, male performs display, in which he sways from side to side and makes a clicking noise with his beak. Once the birds are mated, the woman returned to his home region to lay their eggs and raise chicks. The man continues to thrive in the hope of attracting another woman. Female Kakapo lay up to three eggs per breeding cycle.

The female incubates the eggs is true, but to leave every night in search of food. Kakapo eggs usually hatch within 30 days, with fluffy gray chicks that are totally helpless. Young chicks are vulnerable to predators, like an egg, and the young were killed, many of these predators that attack adults. The men begin to grow rapidly until about 5 years. Usually, women do not seek men, until they are between 9 and 11 years. Kakapo do not breed every year, and has one of the lowest rates of reproduction in birds. Mating occurs only in years when trees mast (fruit heavily), providing an abundance of food. Rimu mast occurs only once every three to five years, and the dominant Rimu wood, such as cod in the island, Kakapo breeding occurs rarely. Another interesting aspect of breeding Kakapo is that a woman can change the sex ratio of offspring depending on its condition. A woman who eats protein-rich foods produce offspring more men (males have a weight of 3% -40% more than women). Women produce dispersion-shifted offspring sex when competition for resources (eg, food) is high and non-dispersive sex when food is abundant. Female Kakapo, will probably be able to produce eggs, even though there are a few resources, while men are more capable of Kakapo to perpetuate the species, when there are lots of things, by mating with several females . Kakapo is associated with the rich folklore traditions and beliefs of Maori. Irregular cycle of breeding birds to understand because of the heavy fruiting or "rigging" the events of different types of plants such as Rimu Maori, which led to credit the bird with the ability to predict the future.

Great Hornbill

 

  

The Life of Animals | Great Hornbill | Great Hornbill large bird, 38-47 in 95-120 cm) in length, with 152 cm (60 inches) wingspan and weight of 2.15-4 kg (4.7-8.8 kg). It's heavy, but no longer hornbill, Asian. The most characteristic feature is the hornbill yellow and black helmet on top of its massive bill. Male hornbills are known to enter into an air helmet butting birds attack each other in flight. Females are smaller than males and have blue-white, and red eyes, although the orbital skin pink. Like other hornbills, there is the famous "eyelashes." In the back of the helmet red for women, and in the lower front and back of the helmet black men. The wing beats are heavy and the sound of birds in flight can be heard from afar. This species was previously divided into subspecies cavatus Western Ghats, to appoint a sub-Himalayan forests are sometimes referred to as a subspecies of homrai. Like other members of the hornbill family, they are very pneumatized bones, the hollow cavity of air that extends to the ends of the wing bones. This anatomical feature is observed Richard Owen, who dissected a sample Zoological Society of London, who died in 1833.

Species distribution is fragmented throughout the range in South and Southeast Asia. In Thailand, the habitat of the males were about 3.7 km during the breeding season, and about 14.7 km ² during the breeding season there. Great hornbills, as typically seen in small parties to larger groups, sometimes adding fruit trees. Assembly from 150 to 200 birds were recorded in south-eastern Bhutan In nature, the Great Hornbill diet consists mainly of fruits. Altissima Vitex is observed as another important species. It was noted that the lion-tailed macaques feed along with these hornbills. They feed on the branches, moving jumps, in search of insects, nestlings, small lizards, break the crust and study them. Proteins rarely, Travancore flying squirrel Petinomys fuscocapillus observed in the diet of species, while Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena collar, Jungle Owlet Glaucidium radiatum and the Gray facade of green Pigeon Treron pompadora observed as birds of prey in the Western Ghats

Very few hornbills are in captivity, and to create good. Women in the nest is very easy to capture and captured wild birds are female biased. Rhinos in captivity, they eat fruit and meat, and a healthy diet consists mainly of fruit and some protein source. Some of them have been domesticated in captivity but hornbill behavior in captivity is described as tense. Tribal threaten Great Indian rhinos, with their desire to its various parts. While dancing with hornbill feathers, do not eat vegetables, but is believed to produce the same foot ulcers conservation programs tried to provide tribes with feathers from captive hornbills and ceramic helmets to replace the natural ones.

Brown Pelican

 

 

The Life of Animals | Brown Pelican | The Brown Pelican occurs on both coasts of the Americas. On the Atlantic coast and Gulf coast, which spread from Nova Scotia to Venezuela, and the mouth of the Amazon River. In the Pacific Ocean are found from British Columbia to South Central Chile, including the Galapagos Islands. Some immature birds may depart interior freshwater lakes. After nesting, North American birds move in flocks further north along the coast, returning to warmer waters for winter. 

 

This bird is the American White Pelican by its brown body and its habit of diving for fish in the air like a fishing cooperative to distinguish from the surface in contrast. Groups of Brown Pelicans often travel in single file, flying low over the water surface.

Pesticides also threatened the pelican population in Florida during this period. Along with the American White Pelican, Brown Pelican is protected by the Law of migratory birds contract in 1918. The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List listed the brown pelican as Least Concern in 1988, the U.S. government to prohibit the use of DDT imposed in 1972. Since then, the Brown Pelican population increased.

Uromastyx

 

  

The Life of Animals | Uromastyx | Their size varies from 25 cm (10 inches) (U. macfadyeni) to 91 cm (36 inches) or more (U. aegyptia). Newborn or young animals are usually not more than 10.7 cm (4.3 inches) in length. Like many other reptiles, lizards, these "colors change with temperature, while the cool weather they appear dull and dark, but the colors are brighter on hot days, especially when heated, allowing the darker pigmentation of their skin to absorb the sunlight effective. Uromastyx inhabit a range extending across North Africa, the Middle East and extends into south-central Asia and India. A female Uromastyx can be anywhere 5-40 eggs, depending on the age and species. Wild female Uromastyx are smaller and less colorful than the males. For example, females may be maliensis often light brown dorsally, with black spots, while males are mainly bright yellow speckled with black spots. Women also tend to have short nails caught maliensis may tend to imitate females, the men of color.

 

Enter a Uromastyx to lead a bowl of water to a higher humidity in the cage and can cause problems for the animal. Uromastyxs captive diets should be "vegetarian herbivorous, mainly consisting of endive, dandelion, bok choy and escarole. lizards need food with a calcium supplement and a Uromastyx designed to prevent health problems can be dusted off. is very important to avoid Chard cabbage, spinach and flowering plants in all diets reptiles, as oxalates prevent spinach uptake of calcium into the bloodstream. should not insects to a Uromastyx. Historically, captive Uromastyx had a poor survival rate because of the lack of understanding of their nutritional needs and environmental concerns.

The Mali Uromastyx (Uromastyx maliensis) is considered ideal to choose species as pets because they adapt easily to captivity. Another species of Uromastyx that adapts itself well to captivity and comes in a variety of colors, is Uromastyx ocellata ornata. UVB light / UVA artificial vitamin supplements and should be balanced with the food and nutrition, is the UVB light necessary for the absorption of calcium from the intestine. Although lizards very high heating temperature, a temperature gradient within the enclosure so that they have to cool down the heat lamps. The temporary slowing of the metabolism also increases the life expectancy of the animals.

Red Panda

  

The Life of Animals | Red Panda | The length of the head and body of medium red pandas from 56 to 63 cm (22 to 25), and their tails about 37-47 cm (15-19). Males weigh 3.7 to 6.2 kg (8.2 to 14 lbs) and females 4.2 to 6.0 kg (9.3 to 13 lb). They have a long and soft reddish brown fur on the upper parts, blackish fur on lower parts, and a light face with tear marks and robust cranial-dental features. The legs are black and short thick fur on the soles of the feet. This fur is used as thermal insulation on snow-covered or ice surfaces and hides scent glands that are also present on the anus The Red Panda is specialized as a bamboo feeder with strong, curved and sharp semi-retractile claws standing inward to grasp tree branches narrow leaves and fruit. When descending a tree headfirst, the red panda ankle rotates to control his descent, one of the few species of climbing to do.

The Red Panda is endemic in temperate forests of the Himalayas and the beaches of western Nepal foothills of China to the east. Its eastern boundary is the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi Province in China. Its range includes southern Tibet, Sikkim and Assam in India, Bhutan, the mountains of northern Burma, and south-west China, in the Hengduan Mountains in Sichuan and the mountains of Gongshan in Yunnan. The range of the red panda must be considered individually rather than continuous. An isolated population in Meghalaya Plateau north India. In a survey in the 1970s, signs of red pandas were found in Nepal's reservation Dhorpatan hunting. Their presence was confirmed in spring 2007, when four red pandas have been sighted at altitudes ranging from 3220 to 3610 m (10,560 à 11,840 ft). The red panda lives between 2200 and 4800 meters (7200 and 15,700 m) above sea level, living in areas of moderate temperature between 10 and 25 ° C / 50 ° F and 77, with little annual variation. It prefers mountainous mixed deciduous and coniferous forests, especially with old trees and dense understory of bamboo.

The effective population size of the population of Sichuan is larger and more stable than the population of Yunnan, which implies a southward expansion from Sichuan to Yunnan. In August 2010, archaeologists discovered fossil red panda remains in Washington County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The red panda became extinct Chinese provinces of Guizhou, Gansu, Shaanxi and Qinghai. Red pandas are able to breed at about 18 months of age, and are fully mature at 2-3 years. Adults rarely interact in the wild, except for mating. Both sexes may mate with more than one partner during the mating season from mid-January to early days March.A shortly before birth, females begin to gather material, such as brush, grass and leaves, to build a nest, which is normally located in a hollow tree or a rock crevice. After birth, the mother cleans small and can then be identified by their smell.

Red pandas are territorial. Adults are solitary except during mating season. Shortly after waking, red pandas clean their fur like a cat, licking their paws and then rubbing their back, stomach and sides. They also rub his back and belly along the sides of trees or rocks. Red pandas can be alternatively use their paws to bring food to their mouths or place food directly in the mouth Predators include the red panda, snow leopard, the marten (weasel), and humans.