Cuteness Alert: Baby Red Panda Delights Detroit Zoo Visitors (GALLERY)

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Do you need a pick-me-up? Peruse these photos of Tofu, the red panda cub born June 22 at the Detroit Zoo, where she made her debut this past weekend.

The adorable cub is the offspring of parents Ta-Shi, 10, and Shifu, 6.

“Ta-Shi took her time bringing her adorable baby girl out into public view, but it was worth the wait,” Scott Carter, Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) chief life sciences officer, said in a statement. “We’re happy to welcome Tofu to the Detroit Zoo and to contribute to the captive population of this threatened species.”

Found in the mountainous regions of Nepal, Myanmar and central China, red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) are classified as “vulnerable” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species due to deforestation.

The red panda is a shy and solitary animal, except when mating. It is about the size of a house cat, with rust-colored fur and an 18-inch white-ringed tail. Red pandas are skilled and agile climbers, spending most of their time hanging from tree branches or lounging on limbs.

Despite its name, the red panda only distantly related to the larger black-and-white giant pandas.

The DZS conducts field work in Nepal to study and conserve red pandas in the wild. Part of this work requires the use of trail cameras triggered by motion and heat to take pictures and remotely monitor populations of red pandas and other species.