Deciphering and dating the red panda’s ancestry and early adaptive radiation of Musteloidea

Few species have been of more disputed affinities than the red or lesser panda ( Ailurus fulgens), an endangered endemic Southeast Asian vegetarian member of the placental mammalian order Carnivora. This peculiar carnivoran has mostly been classified with raccoons (Procyonidae) or bears (Ursidae), g...

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