A red panda cub has finally met staff at a wildlife park, two months after he was born.
Kush arrived at the start of June at Highland Wildlife Park near Aviemore in the Highlands, and is the son of two-year-old pandas Kitty and Kevyn.
When they are born, red panda cubs are very small and blind so rely on their mothers for protection for about three months.
Staff at the park said Kitty was taking great care of Kush and they were only able to give him his first check-up this week. Keepers were able to establish he is male and said they were pleased with his progress.
Kush is the first red panda cub born at the park and the first to be born at a Royal Zoological Society of Scotland site in 13 years.
Douglas Richardson, head of living collections at the park, said: "Kush's current preoccupation is eating and sleeping, mainly the latter, and he was fairly affronted when we interrupted his afternoon nap to give him his initial examination."
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