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Introduction of Red Pandas
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- Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park of West Bengal has started a programme to release 20 Red Pandas in about five years to the forests.
- The Singalila National Park, the highest protected area in West Bengal, will soon get new denizens.
- It is located at the Singalila Ridge in Darjeeling district of West Bengal.
- In 1994, it was declared a major wild habitat for red pandas.
- Two species of Panda are found worldwide, namely, Giant Pandas and Red Pandas.
- They are also regarded as an indicator species for ecological change.
- In India, two subspecies of Panda are found viz, Himalayan red panda and Chinese red panda.
- Red panda is endemic to the forests of India, Bhutan, Nepal, north Myanmar and south China.
- Red Pandas are categorized in “Endangered” category of IUCN Red list.
- Giant Pandas are Vulnerable in IUCN Red List.
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