🐾Sunda pangolin
The Sunda pangolin, also known as the Malayan or Javan pangolin, is a species of pangolin. It is a member of the Manidae family. Its English name comes from the Malay name pëngulin, which means "roller".
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 4.54 kg
- Body length
- 0.59 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 6.07 years
Everything we know about the Sunda pangolin
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass4.54 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length0.59 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass14 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan6.07 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length5 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation112 daysestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l4.5 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
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 Sunda pangolin yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPholidota
- ›familyManidae
- ›genusManis
- ›speciesManis javanica
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderPholidota
- familyManidae
- genusManis
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderPholidota
- familyManidae
- genusManis
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