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The need for carbon finance schemes to tackle overexploitation of tropical forest wildlife. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Defaunation of tropical forests, particularly from unsustainable hunting, has diminished populations of key seed dispersers for many tree species, driving shifts in forest community composition toward small‐fruited or wind‐dispersed trees with low wood density. Such shifts can reduce aboveground biomass, prompting calls for overexploitation to
Milson CE, Lim JY, Ingram DJ, Edwards DP.   +3 more
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Non-Volant Mammalian Diversity, Occurrence, and Ecological Patterns in a Tropical Montane Forest in Sarawak, Borneo. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We investigated the diversity and activity patterns of mammals in a high‐altitude protected area in Borneo using data from 81 camera trap stations set up between April 2023 and September 2024. A total of 35 species were detected, with notable findings including a difference in mean species richness between trophic guilds, nocturnal behavior in ...
Voon M, Suzuki A, Numata S, Mizuno T, Gumal M.   +4 more
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Chinese Pangolin Changes Local Vertebrate Assemblages and Contributes to Their Interspecific Interactions by Burrowing and Revisitation. [PDF]

Integr Zool
In this study, we systematically analyzed the utilization patterns of Chinese pangolin burrows by sympatric species in Guangdong Province, China, including differences in species composition using burrow mounds and burrow tunnels. We found that repeated visits to burrows by Chinese pangolin promoted the use of burrows by sympatric species, suggesting ...
Sun S, Mao R, Dou H, Gao H, Wang Y, Zhang Y, Wu F, Kuang Y, Xiao Z, Hua Y.   +9 more
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Skull shape variation in extant pangolins (Pholidota: Manidae): allometric patterns and systematic implications [PDF]

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2019
AbstractPangolins are among the most endangered groups of mammals, comprising eight extant species delineated into three genera. Despite several studies dedicated to their skeletal anatomy, the potential taxonomic insight from cranial morphological variation in extant Pholidota is yet to be assessed with modern geometric morphometric methods.
Ferreira-Cardoso, Sérgio, Billet, Guillaume, Gaubert, Philippe, Delsuc, Frédéric, Hautier, Lionel   +4 more
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Assessment of Nontarget Small Mammal Occupancy Using Broadly Designed Camera Arrays. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Camera traps are a mainstay method in ecological research and monitoring, often focusing on a single species; however, many nontarget species are captured as well. We aimed to assess the distributions and trends in the occurrence of nontarget species captured by an existing camera trap study initially designed to monitor mesocarnivores in Rhode Island,
Olah AM, Ganoe LS, Hickling CJ, Bol TT, Ruggieri D, Mayer A, Carroll KA.   +6 more
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Distribution and habitat preferences of the Chinese Pangolin Manis pentadactyla (Mammalia: Manidae) in the mid-hills of Nepal

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2021
The Chinese Pangolin is a ‘Critically Endangered’ species, which is estimated to have declined by over 90% in the last 21 years due to increased anthropogenic activities on the species and its habitat. Only a few pieces of research on the Chinese Pangolin have been done throughout Nepal; there is little information among the mammal species of Nepal ...
Suman Acharya, Hari Prasad Sharma, Rajeev Bhattarai, Beeju Poudyal, Sonia Sharma, Suraj Upadhaya   +5 more
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Myth debunked: Keratinous pangolin scales do not contain the analgesic tramadol

Conservation Science and Practice, 2019
Conservation plans aiming to reduce the threat of illegal wildlife trade increasingly recognize the need for multifaceted approaches that include both enhanced enforcement and demand reduction initiatives.
Rachel L. Jacobs, Pamela J. McClure, Barry W. Baker, Edgard O. Espinoza   +3 more
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Evaluating the application of scale frequency to estimate the size of pangolin scale seizures

Global 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, Diogo Veríssimo, Daniel W.S. Challender   +2 more
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Manidae

, 2011
Family MANIDAE (PANGOLINS) • Small to medium-sized mammals with a series of unique morphological characteristics, including triangular head with pointed nose, no or small ear pinnae, very weak, toothless lower jaw, extremely long tongue, and scaled armor covering the body and tail. • 60-150 cm. • Afrotropical and Indo-Malayan Regions.
Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
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First camera trap photographs of Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata (Mammalia: Pholidota: Manidae) from Pakistan

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2021
In the current study, we have camera trapped Indian pangolin in the country providing very 1st camera trap photographs of the species from Pakistan. The species has been camera trapped from two sampling sites; one from Pothwar Plateau (Kallar Syedan site 33.465N 73.409E   district Rawalpindi) and from other sites named Rolli Hills (33.486N 73.902E ...
Misbah Bint Riaz, Faraz Akrim, Siddiqa Qasim, Syed Afaq Bukhari, Asad Aslam, Muhammad Waseem, Rizwana Imtiaz, Tariq Mahmood   +7 more
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