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The giant pangolin is the largest of all pangolin species. While its average mass has not been measured, one specimen was found to weigh between 30 kg (66 lb) and 40 kg (88 lb). [ 9 ] Males are larger than females, with male body lengths about 137 cm (54 in) to 180 cm (71 in) and females about 112.5 cm (44.3 in) to 136.5 cm (53.7 in). [ 9 ]
Pangolins superficially resemble armadillos, though the two are not closely related; they have undergone convergent evolution. Pangolins are threatened by poaching (for their meat and scales, which are used in traditional medicine [16] [17]) and heavy deforestation of their natural habitats, and are the most trafficked mammals in the world. [18]
Manis indoburmanica, the Indo-Burmese pangolin, is a pangolin in the family Manidae native to India, Myanmar, Nepal, and possibly Bhutan. [1] Description.
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.
The Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica), also known as the Malayan or Javan pangolin, is a species of pangolin. [2] It is a member of the Manidae family. [ 3 ] Its English name comes from the Malay name "pëngulin", which means "roller".
Nguyen Van Thai is a Vietnamese conservationist on a life mission to protect pangolins, which are critically endangered, and one of the most trafficked animals in the world."In Vietnam, as well as ...
Manis ("spirit") is a genus of South Asian and East Asian pangolins, the Asiatic pangolins, from subfamily Maninae, within family Manidae. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Etymology
Here are the 5 weirdest Guinness World Records. Ruben Salvadori. Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:43 PM. 850 Pushovers Set Human Domino Record.