1，The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, "black-and-white cat-foot"; Chinese: 大熊貓, Hanyu Pinyin: Dàxióngmāo) is a mammal classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central-western and southwestern China.The panda was previously thought to be a member of the Procyonidae.It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. Though belonging to the order Carnivora, the panda has a diet which is 99% bamboo. Pandas may eat other foods such as honey, eggs, fish and yams. The Giant Panda is an endangered animal. According to the latest report, China has 239 giant pandas in captivity by Nov 2007, 128 of them in Wolong and 67 in Chengdu, with 27 pandas living outside the country. It also estimated that around 1,590 panda are living in the wild.However, a 2006 study via DNA analysis estimated that there might be as many as 2000-3000 pandas in the wild.Though reports show that the numbers of wild pandas are on the rise, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) believes there is not enough certainty to remove pandas from the endangered animal list. The giant panda is a favorite of the human public, at least partly because many people find that the species has an appealing baby-like cuteness. Also, it is usually depicted reclining peacefully eating bamboo, as opposed to hunting, which adds to its image of innocence. Though giant pandas are often assumed docile because of their cuteness, they have been known to attack humans, presumably out of irritation rather than predatory behavior. Research shows that in cases in which its offspring may be under threat, the panda can and often will react violently. 2,Golden Monkey金丝猴 is endemic to China with a small quantity, mainly distributed in Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi provinces and Shennongjia mountainous area of Hubei Province.

The Red Panda, Firefox[1], or Lesser Panda , or Ailurus fulgens ("shining cat"), is a mostly herbivorous mammal, specialized as a bamboo feeder. It is slightly larger than a domestic cat (40 - 60 cm long, 3 - 6 kg weight). The Red Panda is endemic to the Himalayas in Bhutan, southern China, India, Laos, Nepal, and Burma. Red Panda is the state animal in the Indian state of Sikkim. It is also the mascot of the Darjeeling international festivals. There is an estimated population of less than 2,500 mature individuals. Their population continues to decline due to habitat fragmentation.[2] The most recent molecular-systematic DNA research places the Red Panda into its own independent family Ailuridae. Ailuridae are in turn part of a trichotomy within the broad superfamily Musteloidea (Flynn et al., 2001) that also includes the Mephitidae (skunks) and the Procyonidae (raccoons) + Mustelidae (weasels). Unlike the Giant Panda, it is not a bear (Ursidae).[3] There are two extant subspecies of Red Panda: the Western Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens) that lives in the western part of its range, and the somewhat larger Styan's Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens styani) that lives in the east-northeastern part of its range. The Western Red Panda has lighter pelage, especially in the face, while the Styan's Red Panda has more dramatic facial markings. The effective population size in the Sichuan population is larger and more stable than that in the Yunnan population, implying a southward expansion from Sichuan to Yunnan.[4] The taxonomic classification of both the Red Panda and Giant Panda has been under debate for many decades, as both species share characteristics of both bears and raccoons. However, they are only very distantly related by remote common ancestry from the Early Tertiary Period. Its common ancestor can be traced back to tens of millions of years ago with a wide distribution across Eurasia. Fossils of the Red Panda have been unearthed from China in the east to Britain (Parailurus anglicus) in the west (Hu, 1990,Ro), and most recently a handful of fossils (Pristinailurus bristoli, Miocene,[5][6] considered to be a new genus and species of the Red Panda)[7] have also been discovered in North America.

Carnivora / Procyonidae / Szechwan red panda

Olllie visits baby Taz and Holly Berry for a playdate and decide to check out the kitchen

Raton laveur filmés au "Domaine des Fauves" au parc zoologique des Abrets en Isère, région Rhône-Alpes. Explication: Le raton laveur, ou plus exactement le raton laveur commun (Procyon lotor, Linnaeus 1758), est un mammifère omnivore originaire d'Amérique et introduit en Europe dans les années 1930. Il doit son nom à son habitude, plus ou moins réelle, de tremper ses aliments dans l'eau avant de les manger. L'animal, de la famille des procyonidae, est essentiellement nocturne et grimpe facilement aux arbres grâce à ses doigts agiles et à ses griffes acérées. Il a le pelage poivre et sel avec de légères teintes de roux. On le reconnaît facilement à son masque noir bordé de blanc autour des yeux et à sa queue rayée de blanc et de noir. Le raton laveur s'adapte à de nombreux milieux naturels. Opportuniste et facile à apprivoiser, il s'aventure également dans les villes nord-américaines (Canada, États-Unis d'Amérique). Son comportement varie selon le sexe et la région où il vit. Il est toujours chassé pour sa fourrure mais ne constitue pas une espèce en danger ni même menacée. Description: Le raton laveur adulte mesure 80 cm en moyenne1 avec des variations entre 60 cm et 105 cm selon les individus, queue comprise2. Les mâles sont plus grands et plus lourds que les femelles. La masse du raton laveur est comprise entre 3,9 et 9,0 kg3. Les individus les plus gros vivent dans les régions septentrionales (8,5 kg en moyenne au Canada4) ; record : 28 kg4,5,6. Le poids fluctue selon la saison, atteignant un maximum à l'automne : sa masse peut alors augmenter de 50 % dans les régions situées au nord7. La fourrure est généralement grise ou brune. Quelques individus sont blancs, mais l'albinisme est très rare8. La mue débute au printemps et peut s'étaler sur trois mois. Le pelage estival du raton laveur est court. Comportement: Les jeunes se laissent facilement apprivoiser par les hommes. À l'âge adulte, les mâles deviennent agressifs et reviennent facilement à la vie sauvage après un temps de captivité1. Le raton laveur est un bon grimpeur et un bon nageur. Sur terre, il se déplace assez lentement, ce qui le rend vulnérable. Il peut descendre d'un tronc la tête la première, en tournant ses pieds de derrière à 180°14. Animal curieux et intelligent13, il sort de sa tanière surtout la nuit, sauf pendant la période de reproduction et en ville. Le raton laveur émet des grognements lorsqu'il est en danger9. En été et en automne, il emmagasine des réserves de graisse pour la mauvaise saison et peut gagner jusqu'à deux fois son poids d'origine12. L'épaisseur de la couche de graisse peut atteindre 2,5 cm sur le dos1. En hiver, le raton laveur n'hiberne pas mais entre dans une période d'inactivité et de dormance, sauf dans les régions du sud où l'animal continue d'être actif.

Reportagem da Rede Globo sobre o Projeto Quatis no Parque das Mangabeiras, Belo Horizonte.

Carnivora / Procyonidae / Coati

For giant panda see : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Panda For red panda see : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Panda The giant panda has a very distinctive black-and-white coat, and adults measure around 1.5m long and around 75cm tall at the shoulder. Males can weigh up to 115 kg (253 pounds). Females are generally smaller than males, and can occasionally weigh up to 100 kg (220 pounds). Giant pandas live in mountainous regions, such as Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Tibet. While the Chinese dragon has been historically a national emblem for China, since the latter half of the 20th century, the panda has also become an informal national emblem for China, and its image is found on many Chinese gold coins. Despite being taxonomically a carnivore, the panda has a diet that is overwhelmingly herbivorous. The giant panda eats shoots and leaves, almost exclusively bamboo. This is an evolutionarily recent adaptation, or perhaps just a very awkward one; pandas lack the proper enzymes to digest bamboo efficiently, and thus derive little energy and little protein from it. They retain decidedly ursine teeth, and will readily eat meat, fish, and eggs when available, but their sluggish speeds, a consequence of their mainly bamboo diet, ensure that these more energy-rich foods are seldom available to them outside of captivity. In captivity, zoos typically maintain the pandas' bamboo diet, though some will provide specially formulated biscuits or other dietary supplements. Unlike most bears but like most subtropical mammals, the giant panda does not hibernate. For many decades the precise taxonomic classification of the panda was under debate as both the giant panda and the distantly related red panda share characteristics of both bears and raccoons. However, genetic testing suggests that giant pandas are true bears and part of the Ursidae family, though they differentiated early in history from the main ursine stock. The giant panda's closest bear relative is the Spectacled Bear of South America. (Disagreement remains about whether or not the red panda belongs in Ursidae; the raccoon family, Procyonidae; or in its own family, Ailuridae.) Giant pandas are an endangered species, threatened by continued habitat loss and by a very low birthrate, both in the wild and in captivity. Poaching is uncommon; killing a panda was punishable in China by death until a 1997 law changed the penalty to 20 years imprisonment. The giant panda has an unusual paw, with a "thumb" and five fingers; the "thumb" is actually a modified sesamoid bone, which helps the panda to hold the bamboo while eating. Stephen Jay Gould wrote an essay about this, then used the title The Panda's Thumb for a book of essays concerned with evolution and intelligent design. The giant panda has a short tail, approximately 15 cm long. The giant panda has long been a favourite of the public, at least partly on account of the fact that the species has an appealing baby-like cuteness that makes it seem to resemble a living teddy bear. The fact that it is usually depicted reclining peacefully eating bamboo, as opposed to hunting, also adds to its image of innocence. Though the giant panda is often assumed docile because of their cuteness, they have been known to attack humans, usually assumed to be out of irritation rather than predatory behavior. Giant pandas can usually live to be 20-30 years old while living in captivity. 名称溯源 在中文裡，这个动物有两种名称：熊猫和猫熊。其来历的一种说法说1869年，法國天主教传教士阿尔芒·戴维德（Armand David）認識了熊猫后，給"熊貓"定名為"黑白熊"，归属于熊科。兩年後，動物學家進一步考查，研究它屬於貓熊科，將它進一步定名為"貓熊"。1940年代，在重慶北碚博物館展舉辦了一次動物標本展覽。当时，定名为猫熊，意思是它的脸型似猫那樣圓胖，但整个體型又像熊。由于中文使用者傳统上通常都习惯右到左的寫法，所以當時猫熊一词是以右到左的方式書寫。在標準中文文法裡，形容詞通常都被置放在名詞的前面。由於熊貓被一般人認為屬於熊科，因此貓是形容詞，熊是名詞。故，貓熊一詞在中文文法上是對的。到1940年代，很多中文使用者已經開始習惯左到右的中文讀法，所以當時重慶北碚博物館所展示的"猫熊"字样就被大家誤讀成熊猫。从此以后，熊猫一詞便开始先在四川一帶流行起来，长此以往向傳讹誤，一至到今天，大部分的人也就習慣了使用熊猫一詞。 然而也有人认为这种说法是不对的。熊猫和猫熊两种说法从一开始就没有定论。[1] 熊猫一詞在中国大陆、馬來西亞和新加坡是最普及的稱呼，而在台灣，熊貓比較常用，不過，亦有人稱貓熊。 [编辑]物种信息 VALPARD FILMS http://valpardfilms.free.fr

Also called: giant panda a large black-and-white herbivorous bearlike mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, related to the raccoons and inhabiting the high mountain bamboo forests of China: family Procyonidae

Chosna Bebé Este pequeñin fué rescatado de traficantes de animales por INRENA en el Perú, creo que si se desea tener mascotas como esta que sea con los permiso necesarios, teniendo en cuenta los cuidados y el habitat requerido para cada especie. El Chosna está en extinción en Centroamerica y creo que es mejor que su habitat siga siendo la libertad, este Chosna aún es un bebé. *********************************** El Kinkajou, ó Chosna es un mamífero selvático de la familia Procyonidae, alcanza una altura de entre 42 y 58 centímetros, y un peso de entre dos y cinco kilogramos. Su cola de 40 a 50 centímetros es casi tan larga como su cuerpo. Su cuerpo es alargado pero musculoso, con cola larga, cuyo extremo es capaz de sujetarse de ramas y otros sitios similares. La cabeza es redondeada, con rostro corto y con ojos bastante separados y grandes. Las piernas y los brazos son cortos, pero muy hábiles para sujetarse. El pelaje es tupido, denso, corto, aterciopelado y de color variable, normalmente marrón en la espalda, amarillento en la parte inferior y un poco más oscuro hacia la cabeza y también hacia el extremo de la cola. Se alimentan de flores, brotes, insectos, nueces, huevos y comen pulpa de frutas con sus largas lenguas. Les gusta mucho la miel, de ahí su nombre , la que comen y lamen. La mayoría de los kinkajous son solitarios. Estos parientes pequeños de la familia de los osos, no poseen un período de apareamiento determinado. Durante la primavera o el verano, luego de un período de gestación de alrededor de 120 días, la hembra generalmente da a luz una sola cría, a la cual amamanta durante aproximadamente cuatro meses. Existe un animado contacto vocal entre madre e hijo. Las hembras se vuelven sexualmente maduras a la edad de 30 meses, mientras que los machos lo hacen a los 18 meses. http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potos_flavus

Taz loves to swing and climb! The higher he can get the better he likes it!

White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica), also known as the Pizote or Antoon, is a member of the Procyonidae (raccoon family). Looking for some yumminess!

1，The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, "black-and-white cat-foot"; Chinese: 大熊貓, Hanyu Pinyin: Dàxióngmāo) is a mammal classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central-western and southwestern China.The panda was previously thought to be a member of the Procyonidae.It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. Though belonging to the order Carnivora, the panda has a diet which is 99% bamboo. Pandas may eat other foods such as honey, eggs, fish and yams. The Giant Panda is an endangered animal. According to the latest report, China has 239 giant pandas in captivity by Nov 2007, 128 of them in Wolong and 67 in Chengdu, with 27 pandas living outside the country. It also estimated that around 1,590 panda are living in the wild.However, a 2006 study via DNA analysis estimated that there might be as many as 2000-3000 pandas in the wild.Though reports show that the numbers of wild pandas are on the rise, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) believes there is not enough certainty to remove pandas from the endangered animal list. The giant panda is a favorite of the human public, at least partly because many people find that the species has an appealing baby-like cuteness. Also, it is usually depicted reclining peacefully eating bamboo, as opposed to hunting, which adds to its image of innocence. Though giant pandas are often assumed docile because of their cuteness, they have been known to attack humans, presumably out of irritation rather than predatory behavior. Research shows that in cases in which its offspring may be under threat, the panda can and often will react violently. 2,Golden Monkey金丝猴 is endemic to China with a small quantity, mainly distributed in Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi provinces and Shennongjia mountainous area of Hubei Province.