Endangered red panda cub born at Longleat Safari Park

The male red panda has been named Turner. Credit: Longleat

An endangered red panda cub has been born at Longleat Safari Park.

The male cub, called Turner, is part of a captive breeding programme for red pandas worldwide.

It is the fourth successful red panda birth in the past three years. Credit: Longleat

Turner is the fourth red panda to be born at Longleat in the past three years.

In the wild the pandas are solitary animals, and they only come together to breed.

See footage of Turner below: