Editing Red panda (section)

==Etymology==
The origin of the name ''panda'' is uncertain, but one of the most likely theories is that it derived from the [[Nepali language|Nepali]] word "ponya".<ref name=Introduction2022>{{cite book |author=Glatston, A. R. |year=2021 |chapter=Introduction |title=Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda |editor=Glatston, A. R. |pages=xix–xxix |edition=Second |publisher=Academic Press |place=London |isbn=978-0-12-823753-3}}</ref> The word {{lang|ne|पञ्जा}} ''{{transliteration|ne|pajā}}'' or {{lang|ne|पौँजा}} ''{{transliteration|ne|pañjā}}'' means "ball of the foot" and "claws".<ref>{{cite book |author=Turner, R. L. |year=1931 |title=A Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of the Nepali Language |publisher=K. Paul, Trench, Trübner |location=London |chapter=पञ्जा pañjā |page=359 |chapter-url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/turnernepali_query.py?qs=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9E%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE&searchhws=yes&matchtype=exact |access-date=27 January 2022 |archive-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127063121/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/app/turnernepali_query.py?qs=%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9E%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE&searchhws=yes |url-status=live}}</ref> The Nepali words "nigalya ponya" has been translated as "bamboo-footed" and is thought to be the red panda's Nepali name; in English, it was simply called ''panda'', and was the only animal known under this name for more than 40 years; it became known as the ''red panda'' or ''lesser panda'' to distinguish it from the [[giant panda]], which was formally described and named in 1869.<ref name=Introduction2022/>

The genus name ''Ailurus'' is adopted from the [[Ancient Greek]] word {{linktext|αἴλουρος|lang=grc}} ''{{transliteration|grc|ailouros}}'' meaning 'cat'.<ref>{{cite book |author=Liddell, H. G. |author2=Scott, R. |name-list-style=amp |title=A Greek-English Lexicon |edition=Revised and augmented |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |year=1940 |chapter-url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ailouros&la=greek |chapter=αἴλουρος |access-date=21 February 2021 |archive-date=27 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227015130/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=ailouros&la=greek |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[specific epithet]] ''fulgens'' is [[Latin]] for 'shining, bright'.<ref name=Introduction2022/><ref>{{cite book |author=Lewis, C. T. A. |author2=Short, C. |name-list-style=amp |title=Latin Dictionary |location=Oxford |year=1879 |edition=Revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten |publisher=Clarendon Press |chapter-url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/resolveform?type=begin&lookup=fulgens&lang=la |chapter=fulgens |access-date=21 February 2021 |archive-date=28 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228130039/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/resolveform?type=begin&lookup=fulgens&lang=la |url-status=live}}</ref>