Jun 15
Taiwanese Pangolin (Manis p. pentadactyla), family Manidae, order Pholidota, Taiwan
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.
A subspecies of the Chinese Pangolin
photograph by Steijn Pulles
seen from Japan
seen from Guatemala
seen from United States
seen from Mexico
seen from Russia
seen from Japan
seen from Switzerland
seen from United States
seen from Italy
seen from Netherlands
seen from Russia
seen from Mexico
seen from Netherlands
seen from Türkiye
seen from Switzerland
seen from Singapore
seen from Netherlands
seen from United Kingdom
seen from China
seen from Singapore
Taiwanese Pangolin (Manis p. pentadactyla), family Manidae, order Pholidota, Taiwan
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.
A subspecies of the Chinese Pangolin
photograph by Steijn Pulles
Chinese Pangolin, videographed by Artur Tomaszek, (source)
Chinese pangolin
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a sweet pango by popular demand (i went for the african ground pangolin, smutsia temminckii, because he walk on two legs and that amuses me)
Four-toed manis (Manis tetradactyla) | The Naturalist's Miscellany v.1 | Biodiversity Heritage Library
Taxidermy pangolin
Uncharismatic Fact of the Day
Pangolins are very aptly named! Their common name comes from a Malay word, pengguling, meaning “one who rolls into a ball”, though today they are known as tenggiling in Standard Malay.
(Image: A Philippine pangolin (Manis culionensis) by Roger Dolorosa)
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Ground pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) at Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique
Bart Wursten