PANGOLINS:MOST TRAFFICKED MAMMALS IN THE WORLD • You can also follow me for updates :• Instagram:- vironika_om • Facebook:m.facebook.com/vironikaom
Topic: Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
February 20 is celebrated as World Pangolin Day.
PANGOLINS ARE THE MOST TRAFFICKED MAMMALS IN THE WORLD • In China and Vietnam, pangolins are highly prized by consumers for their meat and their unique scales.
• Pangolins are nocturnal mammals, often called “scaly anteaters,” are covered in tough, overlapping scales.
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• These burrowing mammals eat ants and termites using an extraordinarily long tongue, and are able to quickly roll themselves up into a tight ball when threatened. • There are eight different pangolin species can be found across Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. • They are the most trafficked mammal in the world.
What is a pangolin, really?
• Though many think of them as reptiles, pangolins are actually mammals.
Pangolins are of eight types. • Thick-tailed Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) • Phillipine Pangolin (Manis culionensis) • Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) • Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) • Three-Cusped Pangolin, also called as African White-Bellied Pangolin and Tree Pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis) • Giant Ground Pangolin (Smutsia gigantean) • Cape Pangolin, also called as Temminck's Pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) • Long-Tailed Pangolin, also called as Black-Bellied Pangolin (Uromanis tetradactyla)
What do pangolins eat?
• Pangolins eat ants, termites and larvae and are often known as "the scaly anteater.
Measures to be taken • So far, the 182 nations that have signed the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) have reached an agreement for the total ban on trade in pangolins. • In addition, and led by Attenborough himself, a media campaign has been launched to raise public awareness and save the pangolin.
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