0 a mammal found in Africa and Asia that eats ants or termites, catching them with its long, sticky tongue. It has a long nose, and its body is covered in scales (= hard, flat pieces):
A few species were confined to the forest zone (red-flanked duiker, pangolin, civet, ground squirrel).
Apart from reptiles, it has been reported from a few mammals, including insectivores, pangolins, rodents and humans.
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.
Amblyomma compressum was significantly associated with pangolins as opposed to civets.
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.
They comprised 16 pangolins, 117 birds of prey, 24 giant salamanders, 140 kg of pangolin meat and 2·5 kg of giant salamander meat.
They seized five pangolins, 18 birds of prey, 16 giant salamanders and 12 bear paws.
Another example is the tricuspid pangolin, an intriguing and amusing animal of which only a few are left and perhaps the most interesting of the pangolins.
