red panda

The Giant Panda gets all the press and publicity, and the poor Red Panda is rarely mentioned. It is much smaller than its better known cousin - it is about the size of a fox.

Another stop on my China visit was in Chengdu (Chengdu is the start of the Silk Road). Here they have a Panda Research Center (one of four or five in the country). The Giant Pandas are the main attraction, but they also have the less timid and more active Red Pandas.