Characteristics

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Manis Temminchii
COMMON NAME: Pangolin.
DIET: They don't have teeth so they open anthills with their claws and they capture ants with their tongue that meassures 30cm.
HABITAT: They live in Asia (chinese pangolin) and Africa (giant pangolin).
ENEMIES AND PHYSIC: Their enemies are all the predators that live in the african savannah and in the woods of China. They can protect itself because they can coil itself and then they are hard because they have big scales. They can cause serious damages in their enemies with their claws. They also give off a toxic smell.
ENDANGERED: They are endangered because the natives capture them and they eat their meat and they do handmade objects. There is only one specie that is save the Giant Pangolin.


AMPLIATION

Digging for ants and termites with their strong claws and large tongue, the pangolins have little to fear, except humans. They can curl up into a ball and their razor sharp provide extra defense. Another defense mechanism is their ability to spray acid like a skunk when threatened. They can be found in parts of Africa and Asia. Once placed with the Xenarthra, the edentates, because of their ability to curl, like the armadillo and the use of their tongue, like the anteater, but now the seven species of pangolin have an order of their own, the Pholidota.

Information from wikipedia.