Pangolin. Pangolin, also called scaly anteater, any of the about eight species of armoured placental mammals of Pangolins—which are typically classified in the genera Manis, Phataginus, and Smutsia in family. These solitary, primarily nocturnal animals, are easily recognized by their Eight species of pangolins are found on two continents.
Description: Hatches into a tiny pangolin.
A rescued young Sunda pangolin takes his first tentative steps after being released back into the wild in Thailand.
Pangolins, or scaly anteaters as they are otherwise known, are unique mammals covered in There are eight extant species of pangolin. Pangolins are shy, nocturnal mammals that are completely covered in plate-like scales, and often The majority of the population have never heard of the pangolin, but they are the. Prized in China as a delicacy and for the purported medicinal virtues of their scales, pangolins are said to be the most trafficked mammal in the.