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Table 1. Ethogram of red panda behaviour observed in Borås Djurpark, Sweden, 2022.
Eating | Eating food: provisioned – fruits, vegetables, pellets or browse – bamboo |
Drinking | Drinking water in enclosure |
Resting | Lying (either curled in ball or lying flat out) – unresponsive to noise/activity |
Moving | Moving along vertically or horizontally on or off the ground |
Self-grooming | Grooming or scratching own body, not repetitively |
Allo-grooming | Grooming or scratching a conspecific’s body, not repetitively |
Exploratory | Exploratory/territorial investigation of enclosure, can involve sniffing, digging, interaction with furnishings within enclosure |
Alerting | Awareness and observation of surroundings |
Food foraging | Foraging in enclosure (e.g., permanent trees, grass), can include digging |
Playing | Purposeless activity such as rolling, tail-chasing, but not repetitive |
Aggression | Anti-social interaction with conspecific |
Out of sight | Unable to be seen by observer |
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