When I get some more time, I will fill this out more completely. I use this character as my fursona, though I have created a fantasy world in which I write his story.
Technically, I suppose you're right! Red pandas are unfortunately named though, as they aren't even pandas, and I don't want to confuse anyone. :3
i think they got reclassified as being pandas recently didn't they? ... i thought they were originally classed as a member of the raccoon family but got changed back to pandas
They're a musteloid in a family all on their own. They were technically the first panda to be called a panda, but the Giant Panda got the fame and such, so it got to keep the title.
They are indeed related to raccoon, but are just in the same superfamily as them. (skunks, otters, and weasels are in the same superfamily)
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Shouldn't he be called a green panda?