Utah's Hogle Zoo wants to you to meet its newest resident — a 7-year-old Chinese red panda who sneaks biscuits. State of play ...

After birth, red pandas stay tucked away with their mothers for roughly three months. They’ll be nursed for up to five months before the cubs can eat solid foods, such as bamboo leaves.

Red pandas may share a similar name to giant pandas—due to their bamboo diet—but the copper-hued mammals with raccoon-like features are much smaller, typically the size of a house cat.

Red pandas may share a similar name to giant pandas -- due to their bamboo diet -- but the copper-hued mammals with raccoon-like features are much smaller, typically the size of a house cat. "I was 17 ...