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Manis pentadactyla (29054818144)🐾

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SpeciesPholidotaManidae
Mammals

🐾Chinese pangolin

Manis pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758

Kiinanmuurahaiskäpy (Manis pentadactyla) on yksi kahdeksasta muurahaiskäpyjen lahkon nisäkäslajista. Se esiintyy metsäalueilla Himalajan seudulla, Burmassa, pohjoisessa Indokiinassa sekä Etelä-Kiinassa subtrooppisilla ja kesävihannilla alueilla. Täysikasvuinen kiinanmuurahaiskäpy on häntineen 65–95 sentin pituinen ja painaa 2–7 kiloa. Se synnyttää yleensä yhden poikasen kerrallaan. Kiinanmuurahaiskäpy on hidasliikkeinen ja liikkuu öisin. Kiinanmuurahaiskäpy on äärimmäisen uhanalainen. Suoranainen uhka on salametsästys, joka liittyy lajin käyttöön sekä ravintona että perinteisessä lääketieteessä.

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Conservation status
CRCritically endangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
3.64 kg
Body length
0.38 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
15 years
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Everything we know about the Chinese pangolin

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
3.64 kg
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  • 2.35 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length
0.38 m
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Brain mass
18 g
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Maximum lifespan
15 years
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Generation length
5 years
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Age at maturity
2.1 years
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Gestation
108 daysestimated
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Litter size
1
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  • 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic level
Carnivore
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Volume l
3.6 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Chinese pangolin yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderPholidota
  5. ›familyManidae
  6. ›genusManis
  7. ›speciesManis pentadactyla
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderPholidota
  3. familyManidae
  4. genusManis
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderPholidota
  12. familyManidae
  13. genusManis
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What it eats
insects and other invertebrates100%
In other languages
穿山甲 (zh), Chinesisches Schuppentier (de), Manis pentadactyla (es), Pangolin à courte queue (fr), Pangolim-chinês (pt), Šupinavec čínsky (sk) … and 22 more languages
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