Abstract
The red panda or Ailurus fulgens as it is known to science, was first described by Cuvier in 1825. The first known specimen to have arrived alive at a zoological collection outside its native land, was that acquired by London Zoo on 22 May 1869. It was the sole survivor of a group of three collected earlier that year near Darjeeling. It died 12 December 1869 and was followed 8 years later by a second individual which arrived on 16 February 1876. This animal fared better and survived until 17 May 1881. With the exception of these two animals and one noted as living at the Calcutta Zoo in 1877, there is no record of any other red panda in captivity until Philadelphia Zoo brought the first one to America in 1906.
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