Ailuridae

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Ailuridae is a family of mammals best known for the red panda, a small, arboreal, bamboo-eating species native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ailuridae canonical 3

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mammal family
taxonomic family
bestKnownFor red panda
characteristicBehavior arboreal
class Mammalia
commonName red panda family
conservationConcernForMember Endangered (Ailurus fulgens)
containsTaxon Ailurus
surface form: Ailurus fulgens

Ailurus
surface form: Ailurus fulgens fulgens

Ailurus
surface form: Ailurus fulgens styani
describedBy John Edward Gray
describedInYear 1843
diet primarily bamboo
distinguishedFrom Mustelidae
Procyonidae
Ursidae
geographicDistribution Asia
habitat montane forests
temperate forests
hasCharacteristicDietAdaptation bamboo-specialized dentition
hasCharacteristicMorphology ringed tail
semi-retractable claws
hasFossilRecord true
hasLivingRepresentatives true
historicallyClassifiedWith Procyonidae
Ursidae
includesExtantGenus Ailurus
includesExtinctGenera true
kingdom Animalia
memberOf Carnivora families
memberOfClade Carnivora
surface form: Arctoidea
namedAfter Ailurus
nativeRange Eastern Himalayas
surface form: eastern Himalayas

southwestern China
notableSpecies Ailurus
surface form: Ailurus fulgens
order Carnivora
phylum Chordata
reproductiveMode viviparous
suborder Caniformia
superfamily Musteloidea
taxonRank family
typeGenus Ailurus
typicalActivityPattern crepuscular

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carnivora includesFamily Ailuridae
red panda family Ailuridae
Caniformia includesFamily Ailuridae