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lesser panda

British  

noun

  1. See panda

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They share the name “panda” with one other species, the red or lesser panda.

From Washington Post

Although they are sometimes called the “lesser panda,” a label red panda researchers disdain, they were discovered by Westerners decades before the discovery in 1869 of the giant panda.

From New York Times