Red panda at Singapore River Safari passes away

It's been a week of losses.

Jonathan Lim| January 15, 05:44 PM

Poonya, the female Red Panda at River Safari, passed away on Jan. 13.

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She was five.

poonya puska red panda A photo of Poonya and Puska put up by WRS on International Red Panda Day.

According to Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) in a blog post, she was suffering from a gut infection and was under treatment since Jan. 7.

Here's the statement from WRS:

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Safari’s beloved female red panda, Poonya, has passed on. She was 5 years old. The red panda had been suffering...

Posted by Wildlife Reserves Singapore on Friday, 15 January 2016

Red Pandas, despite their names, are not related to the black-and-white Giant Pandas. They are the only living species of the genus Ailurus and the family Ailuridae. They are more closely related to the raccoon, weasel and skunk. The Red Pandas are classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Poonya arrived at River Safari in 2012, along with a male red panda named Puska from Johannesburg Zoo, South Africa.

(Update: After we tweeted this story, WRS responded to us to share that Puska isn't all by his lonesome — it seems there is another male red panda in their midst we weren't aware of previously.)

But anyway, here are some Red Panda gifs to numb the pain of this loss :(

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Source: Reddit Source: Reddit

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