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Help save the Pangolins!
- The Chinese pangolin is scientifically known as Manis pentadactyla
- Also commonly known as "Scaly Anteater"
- Their size ranges from 3.5 - 73 pounds
- Their color ranges from yellowish brown to olive to dark brown
- Protective scales made of keratin that overlap cover most of the pangolin's body, while their undersides are covered in sparse fur
- there are bristles in between their scales as well
- they have small conical heads
- long and muscular tongues great for licking up their diet of ants and termites
- With the limbs of a sloth, they can dig fairly well.
- the back paws have 5 toes and the fore feet have 3 long curved claws perfect for destroying their preys nests
- Pangolins are shy and nocturnal, rolling into a ball when threatened
baby pangolins.
An adult Chinese pangolin looking out if place on the concrete.
A map showing the wide range of where all 8 species of pangolins live.
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- Chines pangolins are found in Asian grasslands, thick bushes, dry woodlands, open savanna regions, tropical and sub-tropical forests. Even rubber plantations.
- Their habitats range from as far north as Nepal and the outskirts or the Himalayas, as far west as Pakistan and as far south as the southern tip of Indonesia.
- The pangolin population is currently unknown, but guessed to be dropping draticaaly because of the huge demand for pangolin meat and scales
- pangolins are the most trafficked animal in the world, and are poached quite frequently
- Pangolins only produce 1 offspring, rarely 2 at a time, thus making it harder for the species to rise in population as easily.
- laws are being made, and poaches being caught and stopped to prevent them from going extinct. There are websites and organizations dedicated to helping the species.
- They are huge in many cases some of which being that they lower ant and termite populations quite a bit, also being the meal for another animal on the [food] chain.
- Keep ants and termites from ruling the world!
Bibliography
1) "Born Free Foundation - Keep Wildlife in the Wild." Born Free Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
2) "Pangolin." WorldWildlife.org. World Wildlife Fund, n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
3) "Chinese Pangolin." IUCNSSC Pangolin Specialist Group RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.
4) "What Is A Pangolin?" Save Pangolins. N.p., 04 Jan. 2011. Web. 29 Sept. 2015.