Sunda Pangolin
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The Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica), also known as the Malayan Pangolin, is a species of pangolin found in South-East Asia, including Thailand, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Borneo and Lesser Sunda Islands/Nusa Tenggara), the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, and Malaysia and Singapore.
The skin of its feet is granular although there are pads on its front feet. Its tail has 30 scales.
It is closely related to the Chinese Pangolin, although the Malayan species is larger, lighter in colour and has shorter foreclaws.
The Sunda Pangolin's main predators are the Tiger and the Clouded Leopard.
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- ^ Schlitter, Duane A. (2005-11-16). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 530-531. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- ^ Pangolin Specialist Group (1996). Manis javanica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006.
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