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Ailurus

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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Ailuridae — the red panda is the sole known species.

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  • Ubun-student is renamed to "Ailurus"; - New PPA repositories included -

    LXer Linux News Stephan Jau 2009

  • Ubun-student is renamed to "Ailurus"; - New PPA repositories included -

    LXer Linux News Stephan Jau 2009

  • The ecoregion harbors several threatened species, including the endangered red panda (Ailurus fulgens), takin (Budorcas taxicolor), serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), and particolored squirrel (Hylopetes alboniger).

    Eastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests 2008

  • In addition to habitat loss and degradation, which has led to perhaps no more than 25 percent of the original vegetation in this hotspot still intact, poaching is a serious problem in the Himalayan Mountains, with tigers and rhinoceros hunted for their body parts for traditional Chinese medicine, while snow leopards (Uncia uncia, EN) and red pandas (Ailurus fulgens, EN) are sought for their beautiful pelts.

    Biological diversity in the Himalayas 2008

  • The red panda (Ailurus fulgens, EN), a relative of the giant panda, lives in the oak, bamboo, and rhododendron forests of the Hengduan Mountains.

    Biological diversity in the mountains of Southwest China 2008

  • The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) is among the rarer mammals represented in the nominated area.

    Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, China 2008

  • Thickets of medium to small-statured bamboo also grow here and provide a critical food resource for both giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and red pandas (Ailurus fulgens).

    Qionglai-Minshan conifer forests 2008

  • The Nujiang Nature Reserve (3,754 km2) contains a similar breadth of forest habitat and supports red pandas (Ailurus fulgens), musk deer (Moschus moschiferus) and other Himalayan forest species.

    Nujiang Langcang Gorge alpine conifer and mixed forests 2008

  • The red panda (Ailurus fulgens) and clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) are two other rare mammals known from this ecoregion.

    Qin Ling Mountains deciduous forests 2008

  • Red panda (Ailurus fulgens), Northeastern Himalayas, China.

    Northeastern Himalayan subalpine conifer forests 2008

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