Central Park Zoo

Happy World Red Panda Day! Did you know 90% of a red panda’s diet consists of bamboo shoots and leaves? Because bamboo is hard to digest, red pandas need to eat around 20 to 30 percent of their body weight in bamboo per day! There are two subspecies of red panda: Western and Styan’s. The red pandas at Central Park Zoo are Western red pandas. They are slightly smaller and their coats are lighter in color than Styan’s red pandas. Come and check them out this fall!

📸: WCS Photographer, Terria Clay