Status: Vulnerable

Interesting Facts: The pangolin is covered all over the body with overlapping horny scales. It is toothless, feeds on ants and termites with its long sticky tongue. Has strong fore feet and claws to dig out insects. It can climb well, making use of its muscular prehensile tail. Normally, produces one young a year. The young is carried on the back of its mother just above the base of the tail. When attacked, the mother will tucks the young in her abdomen and coils into a ball. It has an anal gland with a foul smelling secretion that is use for defence as well as mating.

Size: 79-88cm

Diet: Mainly ants and termites. Studies have shown that a pangolin's stomach can weigh 125g, and estimated to comprise over 200,00 ant workers and pupae.

Activity: Nocturnal, largely terrestrial although able to climb trees. .

Habitat: Primary forest but can also be found in rubber estates, orchards. Distributed mainly in the Central catchment Area and Bukit Timah Nature Reserve.

Threats: Habitat destruction. In the old days, its meat is very much sought after by the Chinese.