Chinese Pangolin

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Chinese Pangolin
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pholidota
Family: Manidae
Genus: Manis
Species: M. pentadactyla
Binomial name
Manis pentadactyla
Linnaeus, 1758

The Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) is a pangolin that is found in north India, Nepal, Bhutan, possibly Bangladesh, across Myanmar to northern Indochina, through most of Taiwan and the southern China, including the islands of Hainan.

[edit] Conservation

In Hong Kong, it is a protected species under Wild Animals Protection Ordinance Cap 170..

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[edit] References

Wikispecies has information related to:
  1. ^ Pangolin Specialist Group (1996). Manis pentadactyla. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-04-03.