Panda (Ailurus fulgens), a rare and remarkable animal in the bear section of Carnivores. It lives among rocks and trees by the sides of streams at great altitudes in the south-east Himalayas, and in eastern Tibet. Like a large cat in size, it has long, thick, brilliant reddish-brown fur, black beneath, high pointed ears, stout plantigrade limbs, with large, very slightly retractile claws, and woolly soles. The bushy tail is almost as long as the body, and has beautiful rings of red and yellow. The molar teeth are very broad, with numerous cusps; the diet consists of fruits, roots, and other parts of plants. A captive panda in the Zoo in London sucked water like a bear, and ran like a weasel in a jumping gallop. In its native haunts it climbs trees dexterously. The call varies from a curious bird-like chirp to a loud squeal. By the large bear-like Ailuropus melanoleucus, with snow-white fur and black legs, the panda is linked to the bears, but in several features it is nearer the raccoons of the New World.