A female red panda born at a Scottish zoo is healthy and doing well, according to her keepers.
The kit, who has yet to be named, was born at the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s (RZSS) Edinburgh Zoo on July 17.
The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) veterinary team have now conducted her first health check and said she is doing well.
The youngster, who zoo staff say will be named shortly, lives with her mother Ginger and her father Bruce.
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Red pandas, which are more genetically similar to racoons than to giant black-and-white pandas, are classed as endangered by wildlife experts, with an estimated 10,000 or less left in the wild.
They are threatened by poachers and the destruction of their habitat due to deforestation.
They are native to the Eastern Himalayas and south-western China.
Currently, there are five red pandas living at the zoo.
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