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Red Panda in China
Where to spot the red panda in China, and how to log the discovery in Catch'Um.
Ailurus fulgens
Finding Red Panda in China
Looking for the red panda in China? Start with Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, where access and habitat make a sighting more likely than a chance roadside glimpse.
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park in Hunan is the place to begin. Towering sandstone pillars draped in mist, home to macaques, civets, and rare forest birds. Give yourself quiet time at dawn or dusk and keep your distance.
China context: Giant pandas in bamboo mountains, golden snub-nosed monkeys in the high forests, and one of the world's richest biodiversity portfolios.
In China, look especially around temperate bamboo forest and montane forest. Those settings usually put you closest to where this species is active.
Where to spot one
Zhangjiajie National Forest Park
Hunan
Towering sandstone pillars draped in mist, home to macaques, civets, and rare forest birds.
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