Fun facts about the Giant Ground Pangolin: At almost 1.8 metres long, the giant ground pangolin is the largest of all eight pangolin species. It has small eyes and poor eyesight but an acute sense of smell and very good hearing, despite the absence of external ears. It uses the abandoned burrows of anteaters or […]

Fun facts about the Ground Pangolin: When threatened, the ground pangolin rolls into an impregnable ball. The ground pangolin is a surprisingly adept swimmer and often inhabits areas near to water. The ground pangolin tends to be more active during the day in winter and almost entirely nocturnal during the summer. When searching for food, […]

Fun facts about the Tree Pangolin: Also known as three-cusped pangolins, Tree Pangolin’s grow to about 90 cm long, which includes their long tails. All pangolins have long curved claws on their front feet, while tree pangolins also have long claws on their back feet, plus a soft pad on the tip of the tail, […]

Fun facts about the Philippine Pangolin: The Philippine pangolin has the greatest number of scale rows across its back of all Asian pangolins. The Philippine pangolin was only recently described as a species distinct from the Sunda pangolin. It can be distinguished from the Sunda pangolin by its smaller scales and a shorter head and […]

Fun facts about the Indian Pangolin: ◾Their tongues can extend to over 9 inches (20-23 centimeters) ◾Over 1/3 to 1/4 of the Indian Pangolin’s weight is from its scales. ◾The Indian Pangolin’s scales are made out of the same material as the human fingernail – Keratin. ◾Indian Pangolins have a highly developed problem-solving brain, and […]

Fun facts about the Sunda Pangolin: Sunda Pangolins mainly feed on ants and termites. The main predators of the Sunda Pangolin are humans, tigers and clouded leopards. Sunda Pangolins can be found in the forests and plantations of South East Asia. As pangolins have no teeth, their stomach is specially designed to grind up their […]

Fun facts about the Chinese pangolin: •They walk on their knuckles with their claws folded under, which makes for some unique spoor! •Their claws can reach up to five centimeters in length. •In Mandarin, they are called ‘Long Li’, which means “hill carp” (referring to the their scales being somewhat similar to those of the […]

Did you know: there are eight species of pangolin: Four Asian species and four African species. www.pangolins.org Thanks to the unfortunate belief that pangolin flesh, scales, and fetuses are delicacies and/or have medicinal benefits, the Chinese Pangolin and the Sunda Pangolin are classified as Endangered. As Asian pangolin species become scarce, wildlife traffickers are sourcing African […]

Pangolins, the world’s most illegally trafficked mammal, were thrown a lifeline at a global wildlife summit in September 2016 with a total trade ban in all species. More than a million wild pangolins have been killed in the last decade, to feed the huge and rising appetite in China and Vietnam for its meat and […]