Red panda:Endangered  
Bank of China Tower:367.4m, Hong Kong, China  

The cute lesser panda, also called the red panda or the red cat-bear, has a round face and rich reddish-brown fur. The lesser panda is seen in the Himalayas, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in China, northern mountainous areas of Myanmar, Nepal, and India. The population of the species is estimated to have declined 40% in China in the late 20th century. The most serious threat to the panda is loss of habitats due to human population growth and large scale logging. Rapid economic growth in Bhutan is also a cause of the rapid decrease in habitats. As human activity increases, so do attacks on pandas by dogs. Infectious diseases transmitted to pandas through infected dog waste are fatal to them. Poaching of the panda for its meat is prevalent in China, Myanmar, and Nepal. Illegal trading of the panda as pets has increased following the proliferation of cute images of the panda by the media.

국제자연보전연맹은 2015년 레서판다를 적색목록에서 멸종위기(EN) 단계로 분류했다. 인구 증가와 대규모 벌목으로 인한 서식지 상실이 가장 주요한 위협이다. 20세기 후반 중국에서는 개체수가 약 40% 감소한 것으로 추정된다.

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