Red Panda

Angela R. Glatston

ISBN 10: 1437778135 / ISBN 13: 9781437778137

Published by William Andrew Dez 2010, 2010

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda provides a broad-based overview of the biology of the red panda, Ailurus fulgens. A carnivore that feeds almost entirely on vegetable material and is colored chestnut red, chocolate brown and cream rather than the expected black and white. This book gathers all the information that is available on the red panda both from the field and captivity as well as from cultural aspects, and attempts to answer that most fundamental of questions, 'What is a red panda ' Scientists have long focused on the red panda's controversial taxonomy. Is it in fact an Old World procyonid, a very strange bear or simply a panda All of these hypotheses are addressed in an attempt to classify a unique species and provide an in-depth look at the scientific and conservation-based issues urgently facing the red panda today. Red Panda not only presents an overview of the current state of our knowledge about this intriguing species but it is also intended to bring the red panda out of obscurity and into the spotlight of public attention. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Red Panda
• Publisher: William Andrew Dez 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1437778135
• ISBN 13: 9781437778137
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 191H x 30D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 191 millimeters height by 30 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1264 grams

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Synopsis

Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda provides a broad-based overview of the biology of the red panda, Ailurus fulgens. A carnivore that feeds almost entirely on vegetable material and is colored chestnut red, chocolate brown and cream rather than the expected black and white. This book gathers all the information that is available on the red panda both from the field and captivity as well as from cultural aspects, and attempts to answer that most fundamental of questions, "What is a red panda?" Scientists have long focused on the red panda’s controversial taxonomy. Is it in fact an Old World procyonid, a very strange bear or simply a panda? All of these hypotheses are addressed in an attempt to classify a unique species and provide an in-depth look at the scientific and conservation-based issues urgently facing the red panda today.

Red Panda not only presents an overview of the current state of our knowledge about this intriguing species but it is also intended to bring the red panda out of obscurity and into the spotlight of public attention.

About the Author

Dr. Angela Glatston is the Conservation Coordinator for the Rotterdam Zoo, as well as the Chair of the Board of the Red Panda Network. Dr. Glatston studied zoology, specializing in behavior and reproduction. At the Rotterdam Zoo, she is also responsible for running the European Carnivore Conservation Campaign for EAZA (The European Association of Zoos and Aquariums). She created the Red Panda EEP and more recently the Red Panda Global Species Management Plan. Dr. Glatston is also the former chair of the IUCN SSC Specialist Group Chair for Mustelids, Viverrids, and Procyonids, having compiled the first Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan for Procyonids and Ailurids. Recently, she drafted the Red Data List Assessment for the red panda that has resulted in its being reclassified as endangered rather than vulnerable.