Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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.
Confiscated black market pangolin scales, which are in high demand in traditional Chinese medicine, [55] set to be destroyed by authorities in Cameroon in 2017. Pangolins are in high demand in southern China and Vietnam because their scales are believed to have medicinal properties in traditional Chinese and Vietnamese medicine. [56]
Sunda pangolin. The order Pholidota comprises the eight species of pangolin. Pangolins are anteaters and have the powerful claws, elongated snout and long tongue seen in the other unrelated anteater species. Family: Manidae. Genus: Manis. Sunda pangolin, M. javanica CR [20] Chinese pangolin, M. pentadactyla CR [21]
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)
Pages in category "Mammals of Vietnam" The following 137 pages are in this category, out of 137 total. ... Chinese mole shrew; Chinese pangolin; Clouded leopard ...
Chinese pangolin: Manis pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758: Forest, grassland and shrubland CR: Order: Primates. Image Common name Scientific name (authority)
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]