The Chinese pangolin is a scaly, nocturnal, ant- and termite-eating mammal native to the forests and grasslands of southern China, Taiwan, and parts of northern Southeast Asia. Like all pangolins it is covered in overlapping keratin scales and curls into a tight ball when threatened, and it digs burrows for shelter rather than nesting in trees. It is one of the most heavily trafficked mammals on earth for its scales and meat and is classified as Critically Endangered.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) ThreatsBiological Resource Use 3 Relationship to PeopleUsed in Traditional Medicine 3 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Manidae, Taxa Source Chinese pangolin (Wikidata)
In Biome
Source Wikipedia: Chinese pangolin
Source Wikipedia: Chinese pangolin
In the Other Atlases
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Chinese pangolin (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q842283 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, habitat (P2974): Terrestrial
Wikidata habitat statement (P2974) resolves to a terrestrial habitat type.
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): critically endangered.
- Child Taxon Of: Manidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 3. Wikipedia: Chinese pangolin
threat (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
It is threatened by poaching for the illegal wildlife trade.
Threats
Some Chinese people eat its meat, and its scales are used as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
Article text
In 2016, CITES moved the Chinese pangolin from its Appendix II, designating species not directly threatened with extinction but in need of protection to prevent exploitation, to Appendix I, reserved for species most directly threatened with extinction.
Infobox: status
CR
In Biome: Grassland, Distribution and habitat
It inhabits primary and secondary tropical forests, bamboo forests, limestone forests, broadleaf forests, coniferous forests, agricultural fields and grasslands.
In Biome: Temperate Coniferous Forest, Distribution and habitat
It inhabits primary and secondary tropical forests, bamboo forests, limestone forests, broadleaf forests, coniferous forests, agricultural fields and grasslands.
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