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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!
Hábitat: Chinese Pangolins live in forests and grasslands of China and Southeast Asia.
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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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!
Chinese Pangolin can curl into a tight, scaly ball to protect itself from predators, making it almost impossible to injure.
Chinese Pangolin has an incredibly long (up to 40 cm!) sticky tongue that helps them snatch up thousands of ants and termites.
Chinese Pangolin can dig powerful burrows and break open tough termite mounds because of their strong, sharp front claws.
These scaly mammals are insectivores, mostly eating ants and termites.
Formica rufa
Primary food source in many forest habitats.
Odontotermes formosanus
Feasts on these termites, digging into their mounds.
Panthera tigris
A potential predator, though pangolins roll into defense.
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Cuon alpinus
Packs of dholes may try to overcome their armored defense.
Peludo describe a los animales que poseen una cubierta densa de pelo o pelaje suave.
Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.
Los animales excavadores cavan túneles y cámaras en el suelo y utilizan estas estructuras subterráneas para refugiarse, cazar o reproducirse.
Los animales nocturnos están principalmente activos durante la noche, y suelen descansar o dormir durante el día.
El estado de peligro de extinción indica que una especie corre un riesgo muy alto de extinguirse en estado silvestre en un futuro próximo.
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55-85 cm
2-7 kg
10-20 años
8 km/h
These scaly mammals are insectivores, mostly eating ants and termites.
Chinese Pangolins live in forests and grasslands of China and Southeast Asia.
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