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pangolin

[ UK /pˈæŋɡəlˌɪn/ ]
NOUN
  1. toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites

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  • Most placental mammals have teeth that are capped with enamel, but there are also lineages without teeth, such as anteaters, pangolins and baleen whales, or with enamelless teeth, such as armadillos, sloths, aardvarks and pygmy and sperm whales. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
  • In the echidna, anteaters, and pangolins, there are qualitative differences in tongue construction.
  • Other species include the endemic water chevrotain Hyemoschus aquaticus, African golden cat Felis aurata (K), giant forest genet Genetta victoriae, the endemic aquatic genet Osbornictis piscivora, leopard Panthera pardus, giant ground pangolin Manis gigantea, aardvark orycteropus afer, pygmy antelope Neotragus batesii, forest buffalo Syncerus caffer nanus, bush pig Potamochoerus porcus and giant forest hog Hylochoerus meinertzhageni (V) and great cane rat Thryonomys swinderianus. Okapi Faunal Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo
  • China is now the primary market for tiger bone, rhino horn, elephant ivory, live snakes, pangolins and a whole host of wildlife products.
  • II animals: monkey, pangolin, giant squirrel, otters, large Viverra, sambar, birds of prey, silver pheasant, peacock pythonsteindachneri, python s, etc. 12.
  • Interpreting the extreme similarity in anteaters and pangolins remains problematic due to lingering disagreement among phylogenetic hypotheses.
  • They are home to many smaller wildlife like jackals, hares, snakes, wild boar, pangolin and countless species of birds.
  • Like pangolins, aardvarks have a long, protrusile tongue and a gizzard-like stomach.
  • Like pangolins, aardvarks have a long, protrusile tongue and a gizzard-like stomach.
  • The dark wyrm stood upon the caravel's main deck, facing sternward and digging through the somercastle like a pangolin after termites. The Veiled Dragon
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