New Red Panda Species?

In an online news overview of Australian mammalogist Colin Groves, there is brief mention of a project he has been working on, which may require the differentiation of new species:

"One of his latest projects is reclassifying the red panda, an agile cat-like animal found in the Himalayas. It was originally classified as belonging to the raccoon family because of its similar shaped head and coloured ringed tail. After the DNA revolution, it was re-assigned to the bear family.
"'They have a pseudo-thumb, like the giant panda which they use to nestle food in their paw. The skull measurements I've obtained suggest Chinese, Indian and Nepalese red pandas are all different very distinct. Are they new species? At this stage I'm inclined to think so. They separate out very nicely.'"