PANGOLIN

About:

• The endangered mammal has refused to accept any food given by the park staff and is mostly spending time in a burrow which it has dug out for itself.
  
  
• Pangolins or scaly anteaters are mammals of the order Pholidota. 
  
  
• The eight species: There are a total of eight pangolin species across Africa and Asia. 
  
  
• Asian species: Sunda Pangolin, Philippine Pangolin, Chinese Pangolin and ‘Indian Pangolin’. 
  
  
• African species: Long-tailed Pangolin, Tree Pangolin, Giant Pangolin and the Ground Pangolin. 
  
  
• They have large, protective keratin scales covering their skin, and they are the only known mammals with this feature. 
  
  
• They roll into a ball when threatened which can make them easy pickings for poachers.