1.  panda(n = noun.animal) ailuropoda melanoleuca, coon bear, giant panda, panda bear - large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae;
is a kind of procyonid
is a member of ailuropoda, genus ailuropoda

2.  panda(n = noun.animal) ailurus fulgens, bear cat, cat bear, lesser panda, red panda - reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas;
is a kind of procyonid
is a member of ailurus, genus ailurus

1.  A small Asiatic mammal (Ailurus fulgens) having fine soft fur, which inhabits the mountains of Northern India. It was once thought to be related to the bears, but is now believed to be more closely related to raccoons. It has reddish-brown fur on the back and sides, and black fur on the legs and underside. Called also the lesser panda. [1913 Webster]

2.  The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), a bearlike black-and white mammal now found wild only in the central forests of China, which lives mainly on on bamboo. It is an endangered species, and is a popular attraction in the few zoos which have bveen able to obtain specimens. [PJC]

panda, n.
1 (also giant panda) a large bearlike mammal, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, native to China and Tibet, having characteristic black and white markings.
2 (also red panda) a Himalayan racoon-like mammal, Ailurus fulgens, with reddish-brown fur and a long bushy tail.

Idiom:
panda car Brit. a police patrol car (orig. white with black stripes on the doors).

Etymology:
Nepali name

giant panda, lesser panda, panda bear, panda car, red panda