Family Ailuridae: Red Panda

This family contains only one species, the Red Panda. Besides the Genus Ailurus there are eight other extinct genera, including:

Genus Amphictis
Genus Protursus

Subfamily Ailurinae

Genus Ailurus
Genus Magerictis
Genus Parailurus
Genus Pristinailurus

Subfamily Simocyoninae

Genus Actiocyon (Synonymous with Alopecocyon)
Genus Alopecocyon
Genus Simocyon

Other Good Resources

Flynn, John J. Flynn, Michael A. Nedbal, J.W. Dragoo, and R.L. Honeycutt. (1998) “Whence the Red Panda?” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Vol. 17, No. 2, November 2000, pp. 190-199.

Gregory, W.K. (1936). “On the Phylogenetic Relationships of the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda) to other Arctoid Carnivores.“ American Museum Novitates. Vol. 878:1-29.