Thursday, 16 April 2015

Pangolin (Manis)

epa02695301 A new born confiscated smuggled baby pangolin with its mother inside a cage during a press conference in Bangkok, Thailand, 20 April 2011. Thai customs seized smuggling 173 pangolins which numbers of them give baby birth during press conference and 130 kilograms of dried snake skins valued 66,000 US dollars or 46,000 euro (2 million baht), customs said. The pangolin listed as endangered species in CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species). q - photographed: April 20, 2011

Population left: Unknown
They are known for their protective body armour made of scales. Eight species of pangolins are currently found in Asia and Africa, of which, two have been listed as critically endangered. They are being increasingly killed for their flesh and scales.
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