Red pandas are two separate species: study

By Will Dunham
Updated February 27 2020 - 3:13pm, first published 3:11pm
A study shows red pandas are divided into two distinct species.
A study shows red pandas are divided into two distinct species.

Red pandas, the bushy-tailed and russet-furred bamboo munchers of Asia's high forests, are not a single species but rather two distinct ones, according to the most comprehensive genetic study to date on these endangered mammals.