At one point, we asked ourselves whether or not Kit should look more like a red panda (leading to a brief detour into red panda references).

In the end, we agreed that Kit isn’t a fox nor a red panda. Kit is a Firefox, its own creature — with attributes from both a fox and a red panda, and perhaps a little fire magic.

Just my 2 cents, but since Red Pandas are endangered, I would have preferred that the made Kit a Red Panda.