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Chinese Pangolin

manis pentadactyla

The Chinese Pangolin is a special animal covered in hard scales that help protect it. It loves to eat ants and termites, using its long tongue to catch them!

Lebensraum: Chinese Pangolins live in forests and grasslands of China and Southeast Asia.

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The Chinese Pangolin is covered in distinctive overlapping keratin scales, giving it a prehistoric, armored appearance. It has a small head with tiny eyes, no external ears, and a long, pointed snout. Its scales are typically grayish-brown, making it blend into its forest surroundings.

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Chinese Pangolin

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Seltenheit

Rare

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

A pangolin's amazing tongue can be longer than its entire body, head to tail!

Baby pangolins ride on their mother's back or tail until they are old enough to walk!

Pangolins swallow small stones to help grind up insects because they don't have teeth!

They can close their nostrils and ears to keep ants and termites out while feasting!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Armored Roll

Chinese Pangolin can curl into a tight, scaly ball to protect itself from predators, making it almost impossible to injure.

Fähigkeit

Sticky Tongue Trap

Chinese Pangolin has an incredibly long (up to 40 cm!) sticky tongue that helps them snatch up thousands of ants and termites.

Fähigkeit

Earth Breaker Claws

Chinese Pangolin can dig powerful burrows and break open tough termite mounds because of their strong, sharp front claws.

Maße und Details

Länge
55-85 cm
Gewicht
2-7 kg
Lebenserwartung
10-20 Jahre
Top Speed
8 km/h
Wurfgröße
1-2
Tragzeit
60-70 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These scaly mammals are insectivores, mostly eating ants and termites.

Hauptnahrung

  • ants
  • termites
  • larvae

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Red Wood Ant

Formica rufa

Primary food source in many forest habitats.

eats

Formosan Subterranean Termite

Odontotermes formosanus

Feasts on these termites, digging into their mounds.

eaten by

Tiger

Panthera tigris

A potential predator, though pangolins roll into defense.

eaten by

Dhole

Cuon alpinus

Packs of dholes may try to overcome their armored defense.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Chinese Scaly Anteater

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Chinese Pangolin?

55-85 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Chinese Pangolin?

2-7 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Chinese Pangolin?

10-20 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Chinese Pangolin?

8 km/h

Was frisst Chinese Pangolin?

These scaly mammals are insectivores, mostly eating ants and termites.

Wo findet man Chinese Pangolin normalerweise?

Chinese Pangolins live in forests and grasslands of China and Southeast Asia.

Wie jagt Chinese Pangolin?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das wurfgröße von Chinese Pangolin?

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