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For nearly two centuries, the true classification of the red panda was a mystery. Believed to be both a bear and a raccoon, the red panda was unsuccessfully classified by scientists into families it ...

There are two distinct species of red panda, the Himalayan red panda and the Chinese red panda. Thumb structures, skull shapes, and coloration led scientists to classify red pandas into the wrong ...