it should be styani, given that is the subspecies in China (fulgens is west of China). Actually the type specimen of styani was collected in Sichuan.
The Chinese red panda is supposed to be larger and darker than the nominate, but I'm not sure that that is a constant or just individual variation. However what I saw with these ones was that there seemed to be more extensive black on the underparts, the back was darker than I have seen in zoo fulgens, but the head and tail were fairly pale.
it should be styani, given that is the subspecies in China (fulgens is west of China). Actually the type specimen of styani was collected in Sichuan.
The Chinese red panda is supposed to be larger and darker than the nominate, but I'm not sure that that is a constant or just individual variation. However what I saw with these ones was that there seemed to be more extensive black on the underparts, the back was darker than I have seen in zoo fulgens, but the head and tail were fairly pale.
According to the first volume of HMW, the Nujiang (Salween) River in Yunnan province, China, is the border between the two subspecies, so both are found in China, and I wasn't quite sure which side of the river you were on.
However, Wikipedia says that:
The Brahmaputra River is often considered the natural division between the two subspecies, where it makes a curve around the eastern end of the Himalayas, although some authors suggest A. f. fulgens extends farther eastward, into China.
According to the first volume of HMW, the Nujiang (Salween) River in Yunnan province, China, is the border between the two subspecies, so both are found in China, and I wasn't quite sure which side of the river you were on.
However, Wikipedia says that:
Either way, you are east of both rivers, so it is styani!
