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Only Sunda and Chinese pangolin (Pholidota) are naturally distributed in China
Authors
Peng Cen, J Sun, Qiaoyan Wang, Fuhua Zhang, …
Author Affiliations
South China Normal University, Fanjingshan National Nature Reserve, Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, ...
Published InIntegrative Zoology
Year2022
Citations12
Abstract
Actually, only two pangolin species occur naturally in China, namely the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) and the Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica). The Sunda pangolin was found to occur naturally in Yunnan, China, but only with a narrow distribution in the Xishuangbanna and Pu'er City. The Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) did not occur in China. The previous claim that this species is naturally distributed in China was found to originate from a mistake in the book “The Mammals of China and Mongolia” written by Allen in 1938. Pangolin is the common name for animals in the Family Pholidota, Mammalia, which consists of eight extant species. All pangolin species have been listed as critically endangered (CR), endangered (EN), or vulnerable (VU) species…
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