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Factors influencing the habitat choice of pangolins (Manis spp.) in low land of Nepal

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2021
Pangolins in the genus Manis are nocturnal, burrowing, insectivorous mammals listed as Critically Endangered or Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Arati Shrestha   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Camera-Trap Survey of Mammals in Thung Yai Naresuan (East) Wildlife Sanctuary in Western Thailand

open access: yesAnimals, 2023
The Thung Yai Naresuan (East) Wildlife Sanctuary (TYNE), in the core area of the Western Forest Complex of Thailand, harbors a diverse assemblage of wildlife, and the region has become globally significant for mammal conservation.
Supagit Vinitpornsawan, Todd K. Fuller
doaj   +1 more source

Stomach contents of the Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata (Mammalia: Pholidota: Manidae) in tropical forests of southern India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
The Indian Pangolin, Manis crassicaudata is a nocturnal, elusive, sparsely distributed, poorly studied and rapidly declining species.  The stomach contents of a female Indian Pangolin were analysed from a road kill specimen collected from the South ...
Mohanarangan Ashokkumar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Camera trap data reveal the habitat associations, activity patterns and population density of Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) in Maduru Oya National Park, Sri Lanka

open access: yesAnimal Biodiversity and Conservation, 2022
Los datos obtenidos con cámaras de trampeo revelan la asociación con los hábitats, las pautas de actividad y la densidad de población del pangolín indio (Manis crassicaudata) en parque nacional Maduru Oya, en Sri Lanka El pangolín indio (Manis ...
E. G. D. P. Jayasekara   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

On the mating behaviour of captive Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata)

open access: yesTAPROBANICA: The Journal of Asian Biodiversity, 2015
The Indian pangolin, Manis crassicaudata is under serious threat due to hunting for local consumption and for international trade in skins, scales and meat, and to a lesser extent, loss and deterioration of its habitat. This species is listed as ‘Endangered’ and included under Appendix II of CITES.
R.K. Mohapatra, S. Panda, M.V. Nair
openaire   +2 more sources

Evaluating the application of scale frequency to estimate the size of pangolin scale seizures

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2019
All eight species of pangolin are principally threatened by overexploitation, both for international trafficking and local use. Much illegal trade involves scales, but there is an absence of robust conversion parameters for estimating the number of ...
Tessa Ullmann   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Birth of An Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata in Captivity

open access: yes, 1972
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Acharjyo, L N, Misra, R
openaire   +2 more sources

Beyond mammals: the evolution of chewing and other forms of oropharyngeal food processing in vertebrates

open access: yesBiological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1406-1462, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Oropharyngeal food processing exhibits a remarkable diversity among vertebrates, reflecting the evolution of specialised ‘processing centres’ associated with the mandibular, hyoid, and branchial arches. Although studies have detailed various food‐processing strategies and mechanisms across vertebrates, a coherent and comprehensive terminology ...
Daniel Schwarz   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Agrarian counterpoint

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, Volume 53, Issue 2, Page 171-182, May 2026.
Abstract In Colombia's northeastern borderlands, agrarian economies shape how disease risk and stigma are understood and managed. As shown in ethnographic fieldwork in and around the Catatumbo region, cutaneous leishmaniasis—a sandfly‐transmitted disease that produces chronic skin lesions—appears in two radically different guises across adjacent ...
Javier Lezaun, Lina Pinto‐García
wiley   +1 more source

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