Red panda facts for kids 1 what is a red panda the red panda is an arboreal living in trees mammal of a domestic cat size it is indigenous to southwestern china and eastern himalaya it belongs to its own unique family ailuridae it is also known as the firefox and is the logo of the web browser mozilla firefox 2 what type of animal is a red panda. Red pandas are excellent climbers and forage largely in trees they eat mostly bamboo and may eat small mammals birds eggs flowers and berriesin captivity they were observed to eat birds flowers maple and mulberry leaves and bark and fruits of maple beech and mulberry like the giant panda they cannot digest cellulose so they must consume a large volume of bamboo to survive. Red panda fun facts for kids 1 take a look at the reddish orange tint of the red pandas coat and you might not immediately think good for camouflage but thats where youd be mistaken it turns out that the red panda is pretty good at hiding from predators by disappearing into the branches of fir trees which are usually covered with reddish brown moss which is pretty handy because death by snow leopard seems like a particularly bad way to go