ailurus fulgens

Questions about ailurus fulgens

What does ailurus fulgens mean?

ailurus fulgens means "reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas".

What is another word for ailurus fulgens?

Close synonyms include lesser panda, red panda, panda, bear cat, cat bear. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ailurus fulgens a common word?

ailurus fulgens is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.