The Eastern red panda occurs in southwestern China and northern Myanmar. Compared with the Himalayan red panda, its face is redder and its tail rings are more distinct.
Compared with Himalayan red pandas, Chinese red pandas have redder facial fur with less white and more distinct tail rings. The dark rings are more reddish, while the pale rings are whiter.
At Liziping Nature Reserve in the Xiaoxiangling Mountains of Sichuan, China, 270 fecal samples collected over one year contained only bamboo leaves in spring and winter. Bamboo shoots were found in summer, and berries and mosses also appeared in summer and autumn.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.