SANBI IDentifyIt - Species Pangolins Family MANIDAE NEMBA Status Vulnerable CITES Listing Appendix I Geographic location / distribution Africa and Asia Physical characteristics Body covered in hard, rounded, sharp-edged scales; short legs with four large, strong, curved claws; conical / cone- shaped head; very longue tongue; long prehensile (grasping) tail; no scales on snout, eyes, ears, belly and inside surface of legs; curls into a ball when threatened; scale colour ranges from dark brown to russet to brownish yellow. The scales of a newborn pangolin are soft but start hardening by the second day. Traded parts, derivatives and products Live animals, frozen whole animals, scales, leather, foetus, bushmeat and medicine. Threats Hunting and trade Other related species Giant Pangolin (Manis gigantea) Tree Pangolin (Manis tricuspis)

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Pangolin trade. Dead Pangolins. Copyright/Website: TRAFFIC

Frozen pangolins. Copyright/Website: http://thestar.com.my

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Scales. Copyright/Website: http://thestar.com.my Smuggled pangolins. Photographer: Dan Bennett

Pangolin Stew - Ivory coast. Copyright/Website: http://2.bp.blogspot.jpg

Pangolin belly. Copyright/Website: www.bangladeshcotton.org

Pangolin - very long tongue. Copyright/Website: www.sandiegozoo.org Pangolin claws. Copyright/Website: http://bushwarriors.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/pangolin-claws

Pangolin descaling. Copyright/Website: TRAFFIC

Pangolin baby. Copyright/Website: TRAFFIC Pangolin scales. Copyright/Website: TRAFFIC

Pangolin foetuses. Copyright/Website: TRAFFIC

Pangolin skin. Copyright/Website: www.congo-pages.org/BOMA/Pics/roasted_pangolin Pangolin leather. Copyright/Website: http://forum.purseblog.com

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