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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number IPSMG:R.1911.70.48 Institution name Ipswich Collections Object name pangolin, chinese pangolin Title Chinese pangolin Description Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal in the world – their scales are used in traditional medicine, skins used for leather products and their meat is consumed as a delicacy. This has brought several species to the brink of extinction. In 2019 more than 195,000 were trafficked for their scales alone. As the Asian pangolin is in decline, traffickers have turned to African pangolins with similar devastating effect on their population. Scientific name (Common Name) Manis pentadactyla (Chinese Pangolin) Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

IPSMG:R.1911.70.48
Institution name

Ipswich Collections
Object name

pangolin, chinese pangolin
Title

Chinese pangolin
Description

Pangolins are the most trafficked mammal in the world – their scales are used in traditional medicine, skins used for leather products and their meat is consumed as a delicacy. This has brought several species to the brink of extinction. In 2019 more than 195,000 were trafficked for their scales alone. As the Asian pangolin is in decline, traffickers have turned to African pangolins with similar devastating effect on their population.
Scientific name (Common Name)

Manis pentadactyla (Chinese Pangolin)

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