Chinese pangolin

As illegal wildlife trade flourishes along new routes to China, the endangered pangolin is disappearing from Sindh.

The Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) is a species of pangolin native to most of Southern and Southeast Asia from China to Mynamar. They are an arboreal species and use strong claws and a prehensile tail to feed from ant or termite nests in the trees. They can roll into a tight ball, with their scales serving as a highly protective defense against predators. They are Critically Endangered due to habitat loss and poaching. Poachers will sell them to people who want their scales. These…

Porcupines in cages, endangered tortoises in buckets and snakes in cloth bags—rare wildlife is on open sale at a Chinese market, despite courts being ordered to jail those who eat endangered species.

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Endangered Pangolin. The only mammal with scales! Animals, Creatures, and Beasts. Wild Kingdom

The Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) is a small Asian mammal featured in the Standard Edition of Planet Zoo. Population in the Wild: 50,000-100,000 The Chinese Pangolin (or Manis pentadactyla) is a critically endangered insectivorous species native to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Taiwan and Southern China. They are small, secretive and slow-moving animals, their most distinguishing feature being their layered armour-like keratinous scales. Chinese Pangolins are between 40…

Declared a threatened species, the indigenous pangolin needs protection against illegal trade