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  2. Chinese pangolin - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) is a pangolin native to the northern Indian subcontinent, northern parts of Southeast Asia and southern China. It has been listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2014, as the wild population is estimated to have declined by more than 80% in three pangolin generations, equal to 21 years.

  3. List of pholidotans - Wikipedia

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    Pholidotans range in size from the giant pangolin, at 30 kg (66 lb) and 68 cm (27 in) in length, to the tree pangolin, at only 2.3 kg (5.1 lb) and 34 cm (13 in) in length. They have large, hardened, keratin scales which cover their skin, and long claws which they use for digging or climbing trees.

  4. Manis - Wikipedia

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    Manis crassicaudata (Indian pangolin) Manis pentadactyla (Chinese pangolin) †Manis hungarica †Manis lydekkeri; Subgenus: Paramanis. Manis culionensis (Philippine pangolin) Manis javanica (Sunda pangolin) Manis mysteria [8] [9] †Manis palaeojavanica (Giant asian pangolin)

  5. Pangolin - Wikipedia

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    Pangolin parts are also used for medicinal purposes in other Asian countries such as India, Nepal and Pakistan. In some parts of India and Nepal, locals believe that wearing the scales of a pangolin can help prevent pneumonia. [98] Pangolin scales have also been used for medicinal purposes in Malaysia, Indonesia and northern Myanmar.

  6. Manidae - Wikipedia

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    All species of living pangolin had been assigned to the genus Manis until the late 2000s, when research prompted the splitting of extant pangolins into three genera: Manis, Phataginus, and Smutsia. [ 5 ] [ 9 ]

  7. Category:Critically endangered fauna of Asia - Wikipedia

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  8. Wildlife of China - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese pangolin is found throughout southern China, Hainan and Taiwan and the Sunda pangolin in western Yunnan. In Chinese, the pangolin is called "that which wears mountain armor" and the animal is believed by local shamans to hold magical powers such that hunters must utter incantation before killing them to ward off bad luck. [230]

  9. List of mammals of Laos - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Chinese pangolin: Manis pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758: Forest, grassland and shrubland CR: