Red animal in the 2022 Pixar film "Turning Red" (5)

I believe the answer is:

panda

(Other definitions for panda that I've seen before include "Racoon-like animal" , "Bamboo-eating creature" , "Police car" , "Large black-and-white herbivorous mammal" , "Endangered creature" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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