amammalfoundinAfricaandAsiathateatsantsortermites,catchingthem withitslong,stickytongue. It has alongnose, anditsbodyiscoveredinscales(= hard,flatpieces):
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The pangolin is alsoknownas ascalyanteater.穿山甲也被称为有鳞的食蚁兽。
A few species were confined to the forest zone (red-flanked duiker,pangolin, civet, ground squirrel).
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Apart from reptiles, it has been reported from a few mammals, including insectivores, pangolins, rodents and humans.
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This result indicated that this tick was positively and significantly associated with civets and that its absence from grasscutters and pangolins was unlikely to have occurred by chance.
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Amblyomma compressum was significantly associated with pangolins as opposed to civets.
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This result indicated that both ticks were positively and significantly associated with grasscutters and that their absences from civets and pangolins were unlikely to have occurred by chance.
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They comprised 16 pangolins, 117 birds of prey, 24 giant salamanders, 140 kg ofpangolinmeat and 2·5 kg of giant salamander meat.
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They seized five pangolins, 18 birds of prey, 16 giant salamanders and 12 bear paws.
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Another example is the tricuspidpangolin, an intriguing and amusing animal of which only a few are left and perhaps the most interesting of the pangolins.
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Other commercially important species are bream, reeves shad, eel, cat fish, rainbow trout, salmon, whitebait, mullet, mandarin fish, perch, sturgeon, murrel andpangolin.
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They are a kind ofpangolinanteater, but unlike their real-life relatives, they have no scales or claws.
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Caracal, wild boar,pangolin, leopard, hyena, jackal, fox, jungle cat, porcupine, spotted deer, wild bear, and neelgai are other animals found here.
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Initially, his armor was scaled and plated, similar to apangolinexoskeleton.
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Like other pangolins, it has large, overlapping scales on its body which act as armour.
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These pangolins are not often observed in the wild due to their solitary, secretive, and nocturnal nature.
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Thepangolincan be farm-raised, butpangolinfarms must generally also raise termites to feed the livestock.
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