🐾Chinese pangolin
中華穿山甲（學名：Manis pentadactyla）又稱鯪鲤、穿山甲或中国穿山甲，是八種穿山甲中的一個種，属穿山甲科穿山甲属，主要分佈於中国大陆、台灣、不丹、印度、老挝、越南、泰国、尼泊尔和孟加拉国，為一種極危絕種的動物。 中華穿山甲就像食蟻獸般靠吃蟻為生。牠們適合生活於濕度高的森林內。牠們頭身共長60厘米，尾巴長18厘米。 分佈於台灣的穿山甲是中華穿山甲的亞種台灣穿山甲（台灣鯪鯉）。
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- 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
Everything we know about the Chinese pangolin
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass3.64 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 2.35 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length0.38 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass18 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan15 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length5 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity2.1 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation108 daysestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l3.6 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 Chinese pangolin yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderPholidota
- ›familyManidae
- ›genusManis
- ›speciesManis pentadactyla
- 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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