Rare Brown Panda Cub Was Found Alone And Malnourished, Possibly The Last One Of His Kind

Pandas are known for their distinct pattern and coloring: bright white fur and jet black on their backs and around their eyes.But in very rare cases, a panda will be born with brown, softer caramel-colored fur where the black fur normally is.

Meet Qizai, a brown panda who resides at a panda center called Foping Panda Valley in China's Shaanxi Province. He is seven years old, and they believe his brown coat may have come from a genetic trait specific to pandas from the Qinling Mountains. But his mother had normal black and white fur, so it may be a recessive trait.(Photo credit:He Xin)