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Sunda Pangolin

Mammals

The Sunda pangolin, also known as the Malayan or Javan pangolin, is a species of pangolin in the family Manidae, its English name derived from the Malay word pengulin, meaning roller. It is native to Southeast Asia, including Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam, and the islands of Borneo, Java, Sumatra and the Lesser Sunda Islands, preferring forested primary, secondary and scrub habitats but also living in rubber and palm oil plantations; it is largely arboreal.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Insectivore 2
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill).
Scientific Name
Manis javanica 1
Conservation Status
Critically Endangered 1
Identification
Distinguishing Appearance
Body covered in brown scales 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pholidota, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
Sources
1. Sunda pangolin - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    The Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica)
  • Conservation
    The Sunda pangolin is currently considered to be critically endangered.
  • Description
    The Sunda pangolin's scales are brown in color.
  • system (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
    It prefers forested primary, secondary and scrub forest habitats, but also lives in rubber and palm oil plantations.
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 285534
    Like other pangolin species, the Sunda pangolin is hunted for its skin, scales, and meat, used in both clothing manufacturing and traditional medicine.
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2. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
Wikidata: Sunda Pangolin
Wikidata Q269728, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Sunda pangolin (Wikidata)
WikidataStatements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
Quote, Statements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a terrestrial habitat type.
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Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: PholidotaView the Source
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