The Detroit Zoo showed off its twin red pandas Tuesday.
The little creatures were born June 27 and have not been named.
This is the first off-spring for the parents, mom, 8-year-old Ta-Shi, and dad, 4-year-old Shifu.
Ta-Shi has given birth five times since her arrival at the Detroit Zoo in 2008.
“Ta-Shi is an experienced and attentive mom and very protective of her babies,” said Robert Lessnau, the zoo's curator of mammals. “We’re thrilled to once again add to the captive population of this threatened species.”
In the wild, red pandas are endangered, victims of deforestation that is shrinking their natural space as forests are destroyed by logging and the spread of agriculture.
They are found in the mountainous regions of Nepal, Myanmar and central China.
When the panda is full grown it is about the size of a house cat, with rust-colored fur and an 18-inch white-ringed tail.
