Pangolin (disambiguation)
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Pangolin, sometimes known as a scaly anteater, is a mammal of the order Pholidota -one extant family, Manidae; more specifically:
- Manidae (pangolins)
- Maninae (subfamily: Asiatic pangolins)
- Manis (Asiatic pangolins)
- Manis crassicaudata (Indian pangolin)
- Manis pentadactyla (Chinese pangolin)
- Paramanis
- Manis javanica (Sunda pangolin)
- Manis culionensis (Philippine pangolin)
- †Manis palaeojavanica
- Phatagininae (small African pangolins)
- Phataginus (African tree pangolins)
- Phataginus tetradactyla (Long-tailed pangolin)
- Phataginus tricuspis (Tree pangolin)
- Subfamily: Smutsiinae (large African pangolins)
- Smutsia (African ground pangolins)
- Smutsia gigantea (Giant pangolin)
- Smutsia temmincki (Ground pangolin) Chinese Pangolin(Manis pentadactyla ) Threats: In many places where Chinese Pangolin habit, livestock grazing is a husbandry practice that can negatively impact on the population of these animals because it lowers the soil moisture content, making the ground less suitable for detritivores.The availability of decaying fallen logs and leaf litter may decrease as a result of forest fires, which could result in a loss of termite and ant species and have an impact on the Chinese pangolin population.[1]
Science, and technology, and mathematics
Software
- Precise Pangolin, a release of the Ubuntu operating system: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Phylogenetic Assignment of Named Global Outbreak Lineages (PANGOLIN)
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