Red Panda Network - "What was once considered an animal with no close relatives, is now a species that may have had a hidden relative all along — much closer than one
![The red panda, olingos, coatis, raccoons, and their relatives : status survey and conservation action plan for procyonids and ailurids - resource | IUCN The red panda, olingos, coatis, raccoons, and their relatives : status survey and conservation action plan for procyonids and ailurids - resource | IUCN](https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/styles/publication/public/book_covers/BC-1994-015.jpg)
The red panda, olingos, coatis, raccoons, and their relatives : status survey and conservation action plan for procyonids and ailurids - resource | IUCN
![Red Pandas have their own unique family, Alluridae, despite being relatives of giant pandas and raccoons : r/Awwducational Red Pandas have their own unique family, Alluridae, despite being relatives of giant pandas and raccoons : r/Awwducational](https://external-preview.redd.it/cVAtfIw_GA-UabpDYKMOZhPGDFhkFVlHleo3MS5Ehqw.jpg?auto=webp&s=f49ada9e0bb4476ab8089b0d0136ca9a7d75fd89)
Red Pandas have their own unique family, Alluridae, despite being relatives of giant pandas and raccoons : r/Awwducational
![Detroit Zoo al Twitter: "Did you know . . . red pandas were once classified as relatives of raccoons and giant pandas? Now, they are listed as its own scientific family – Detroit Zoo al Twitter: "Did you know . . . red pandas were once classified as relatives of raccoons and giant pandas? Now, they are listed as its own scientific family –](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgMO-zzXoAIa0va.jpg:large)