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What is the red pandas family?

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Some people think that the red panda is in the raccoon family because of its raccoon like feachures,however other people think it is in the panda bear family because of its name,well i can strongly and confidently say.......................... i don't know.why don't you say what you think (but the internet does lean slightly more towards the raccoon family!!!)

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Some people think that the red panda is in the raccoon family because of its raccoon like feachures,however other people think it is in the panda bear family because of its name,well i can strongly and confidently say.......................... i don't know.why don't you say what you think (but the internet does lean slightly more towards the raccoon family!!!)

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To what family are pandas related?

Giant pandas belong to the bear (Ursidae) family


In what family are the red pandas?

The family of the red panda is Ailuridae


What organisms that are classified with red panda?

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The Giant panda is a type of Bear and belongs in the "Ursidae" family. The Red panda is not a type of bear it is the last surviving representative of a family all of its own, the "Ailuridae" family.


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