What Animal Is Master Shifu Supposed To Be

Everybody knows Po, the hero in Kung Fu Panda series, is a giant panda. But when asked about his master Shifu, can you be then sure? Is Chief Shifu a blood-red panda, or a raccoon, or a raccoon dog?

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Here are some tips to assistance you out:

Face

To differentiate between the three, first examine their faces:

Slide to meet the red panda, the raccoon and the raccoon dog with their unlike faces. /VCG Photo

Slide to see the red panda, the raccoon and the raccoon canis familiaris with their different faces. /VCG Photograph

Slide to see the red panda, the raccoon and the raccoon canis familiaris with their different faces. /VCG Photograph

Slide to run into the reddish panda, the raccoon and the raccoon dog with their different faces. /VCG Photograph

Slide to see the red panda, the raccoon and the raccoon dog with their different faces. /VCG Photo

Slide to run into the red panda, the raccoon and the raccoon dog with their different faces. /VCG Photo

If information technology has a reddish-dark-brown face with two white-edged large ears, then its a cherry panda.

The grey/brown face with black centre masks – well, this 1 is catchy. Put simply, the raccoon'southward face is blackness and white, more similar a "bandit mask," while the raccoon dog is black and grey/dark-brown, with thicker hairs on the neck like a scarf.

Tail

Slide to come across the red panda, the raccoon and the raccoon dog with their dissimilar tails. /VCG Photograph

Slide to see the red panda, the raccoon and the raccoon dog with their different tails. /VCG Photo

Slide to come across the blood-red panda, the raccoon and the raccoon canis familiaris with their different tails. /VCG Photograph

Slide to come across the red panda, the raccoon and the raccoon canis familiaris with their unlike tails. /VCG Photograph

Slide to see the red panda, the raccoon and the raccoon canis familiaris with their dissimilar tails. /VCG Photograph

Slide to see the red panda, the raccoon and the raccoon dog with their unlike tails. /VCG Photo

Red and chocolate-brown rings – the red panda.

Black and white rings – the raccoon.

No band on the tail – the raccoon dog.

Paws

Slide to see the paws of the red panda, the raccoon and the dog (which is similar to the raccoon dog'due south). /VCG Photo

Slide to see the paws of the ruby panda, the raccoon and the domestic dog (which is similar to the raccoon dog's). /VCG Photo

Slide to run across the paws of the cerise panda, the raccoon and the domestic dog (which is similar to the raccoon domestic dog's). /VCG Photo

Slide to meet the paws of the carmine panda, the raccoon and the dog (which is similar to the raccoon dog's). /VCG Photo

Slide to see the paws of the reddish panda, the raccoon and the dog (which is similar to the raccoon dog's). /VCG Photo

Slide to see the paws of the ruddy panda, the raccoon and the dog (which is similar to the raccoon dog's). /VCG Photograph

Information technology's a ruby panda if it has five fingers including a false thumb. The ruddy panda has two "thumbs" on its front paws, which are actually extended wrist basic. They assistance the cherry panda catch bamboos and climb trees.

If you meet four fingers plus a degenerative one on the wrist, it's a raccoon dog. Check the front paws of your canis familiaris or cat and y'all will know what a raccoon canis familiaris's paw looks like.

V fingers, all long and flexible – a raccoon which is famous for its super dexterous forepart paws. It has a very precipitous sense of touch, besides. Despite the lack of a real thumb, it tin do almost anything with its "easily."

Taxonomy

All three species belong to order carnivore, merely they are in different families. The raccoon dog is more closely related to dogs than raccoons while the scarlet panda and the raccoon are distant cousins as they both belong to the superfamily of weasels.

Rarity

The ruby-red panda is certainly the rarest of the three. It is listed equally endangered species on the IUCN red list, with the population decreasing and habitats being lost.

The red panda is listed as endangered, with its population decreasing. /VCG Photograph

The blood-red panda is listed as endangered, with its population decreasing. /VCG Photo

Both the raccoon and raccoon dog are listed every bit of "least business organization" with stable or increasing populations. The raccoon domestic dog is scattered beyond Europe and East Asia; while the raccoons have become a pest for some residents in N America.

The pygmy raccoon, or Cozumel raccoon, is a critically endangered raccoon species. /VCG Photo

The pygmy raccoon, or Cozumel raccoon, is a critically endangered raccoon species. /VCG Photo

However, some cousins of the raccoon are in danger of extinction, such as the pygmy raccoon (a critically endangered species with just 192 left on Cozumel Island off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, United mexican states), and the olinguito (listed as "near endangered" and tin only be constitute in small areas in the Andes of western Colombia and Ecuador).

And then, dorsum to our question in the beginning. Surely, you must already know the reply:

Master Shifu is a red panda!

Po's master is a cerise panda in the Kung Fu Panda serial. /VCG Photo

Po's main is a red panda in the Kung Fu Panda series. /VCG Photograph

(Video clips and cover image via VCG)

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