The pangolin's body is covered with large, flat, imbricated horny scales; it somewhat resembles the New World armadillo in terms of its feeding habits and its employment of a curled up, hedgehog-like defensive posture.
Pangolins can amble along on all fours, but for speed they stand up on two feet using their long tail for support.
Pangolins are endangered (CITES Appendix II or III, depending on species) because their skin makes attractive leather for boots, similar to snakeskin or armadillo boots.
PANGOLIN, the Malay name for one of the species of the scaly anteaters, which belong to the order Edentata, and typify the family Manidae and the genus Manis.
Pangolins range from I to 3 ft. in length, exclusive of the tail, which may be much shorter than or nearly twice the length of the rest of the animal.
The Asiatic pangolins are characterized by having the central series of body-scales continued to the extreme end of the tail, by having many isolated hairs growing between the scales of the back, and by their small external ears.
Pangolins, also called scaly anteaters, break open logs with their large, powerful claws and use their exceedingly long, slender tongues to lap up the insects on which they feed.
Pangolins are not closely related to any other living mammals, and their ancestry is not known.
In Africa, large numbers of pangolins are killed for their meat and scales by the local inhabitants, and the future of one species, the Cape pangolin, is seriously endangered.
Pangolinscales are harvested from the pangolin through a process that involves boiling and parching.
The scales of the pangolin are used in conjunction with herbs to treat a host of conditions, including masses in the abdomen, amenorrhea, rheumatism, arthralgia, postpartum galactostasis, skin and external diseases, and scrofula (tuberculosis of lymph nodes, especially in the neck).
Pangolins are not considered an endangered species, although their numbers have dwindled significantly as a result of harvesting by humans.
The pangolin (also called the scaly anteater) is an unusual mammal that is covered with tough, protective scales made of keratin (the same substance that hair, fingernails, and horn are made from).
There are 7 species of pangolins that live in grasslands and forests in parts of Africa and Southeast Asia (Genus Manis).
The pangolin has short legs with huge claws; it uses its claws to dig into ant hills and termite mounds.
Pangolin's SMS software, IMU and VMU, was introduced at the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA) 2003 conference in Las Vegas, after a year of development and testing.
Pangolin is the world leader in software for laser display applications.
In addition to his current role at Pangolin, Benner is also a member of the board of directors of the International Laser Display Association (ILDA) and is a former ILDA Technical Committee chairman.
Pangolin appear to be highly selective feeders in that only 19 species of ants and termites are taken.
Pangolins are endangered because their skin makes attractive leather for boots, similar to snakeskin or armadillo boots.
Pangolins were once more widely distributed throughout the world, an essentially modern-looking fossil Pangolin, Eomanis, has been found in the Eocene of Germany, and another fossil Pangolin has been found in the lower Oligocene of North America.
