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What is the animal on the Firefox logo ? A red panda or a fox ?

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Phenex
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I found this http://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/firefox-name-faq.html in your archives, but it does not clearly state if the logo is a panda or a fox

I found this http://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/firefox-name-faq.html in your archives, but it does not clearly state if the logo is a panda or a fox

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Wesley Branton
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I am not 100% certain, but I believe that the animal on the logo is a red panda because "Firefox" is a popular nickname for the red panda.

philipp
philipp
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the name "firefox" comes from the red panda, but the icon is apparently more resembling a fox (it was done in a hurry). a little bit of ambiguity and people discussing the cuteness factor of the browser seems to be quite a likeable thing to maintain ;-)

cor-el
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See also:

^https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2012/03/22/new-adventures-for-dolly-bernadette-and-winston/