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What is a Panda?
Language experts think "panda" comes from the Nepalese nigalya ponya, which translates to "bamboo footed" or "bamboo eater." Red pandas and giant pandas share a diet, habitat, and name, and they both have pseudo-thumbs for grasping bamboo. But red pandas and giant pandas are in different families.
Red pandas are distantly related to raccoons. Giant pandas are bears. |