Red panda escapes habitat at San Diego Zoo, caught hours later | USA TODAY

A red panda escaped its habitat at the San Diego Zoo for hours before it was caught and safely returned to its enclosure.

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Adira, a 2-year-old red panda, used her climbing skills to scale a tree into a neighboring enclosure, San Diego Zoo officials told local outlet CBS 8.

Zoo officials could not immediately be reached for comment by USA TODAY.

But video provided to USA TODAY by Allison Fortson, who captured the cute furball's escape, shows several trees spread across the zoo's outdoor animal enclosure with Adira perched high in one on a branch of a tree just outside her enclosure.

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