The influence of canine parvovirus infection on the metabolome of captive Chinese and Malaysia pangolins [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyCanine parvovirus (CPV) infection poses a serious threat to pangolins, but the characteristics of the host response at the metabolic level remain unclear.
Chengwei Xiang +6 more
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Illegal Wildlife Trade in Kathmandu Valley: A Hub of Biodiversity Crime [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe illegal wildlife trade (IWT) poses a major driver of global biodiversity loss and poses particular challenges in biodiversity‐rich countries located along international trafficking routes.
Narayan Prasad Koju, Bhim Maya Tamang
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Record of the world’s biggest pangolin? New observations of bodyweight and total body length of the Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata Gray, 1827 (Mammalia: Pholidota: Manidae) from Mannar District, Sri Lanka [PDF]
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2021 The Indian Pangolin Manis crassicaudata is one of the eight extant pangolin species in the world, occurring in the Indian subcontinent and is the solitary pangolin species recorded in Sri Lanka.
Priyan Perera +2 more
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Genetic diversity of pangolin coronaviruses reveals a key immuno-evasive substitution at spike residue 519 [PDF]
Journal of VirologyMalayan pangolins are unusual hosts for several SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses, which have previously been known to only infect Rhinolophus bats. Much debate has hence surrounded their possible role as intermediate hosts in the emergence of SARS-CoV-2,
Maximilian Stanley Yo +6 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Chinese pangolin is the world's most heavily trafficked small mammal for luxury food and traditional medicine. Although their populations are declining worldwide, it is difficult to monitor their population status because of its rarity and nocturnal ...
Jerrold Belant, Hari Prasad Sharma
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The scale of the problem: understanding the demand for medicinal pangolin products in China [PDF]
Nature Conservation, 2023 Wildlife conservationists are increasingly concerned about Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) due to the demands it places on many threatened species. In particular, pangolin populations in both Asia and Africa have experienced drastic declines driven by
Yifu Wang +2 more
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Dissecting the illegal pangolin trade in China: An insight from seizures data reports [PDF]
Nature Conservation, 2022 Wildlife trafficking poses a major threat to global biodiversity. Species such as pangolins are particularly vulnerable and trade continues almost unabated despite numerous interventions aimed at eradicating illegal wildlife trade.
James Kehinde Omifolaji +6 more
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Illegal trade in pangolins in Nepal: Extent and network
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 There are two species of pangolins –Chinese (Manis pentadactyla) and Indian (M. crassicaudata) – in Nepal. Despite being one of the most illegally traded group of mammals in the world, there is scant information on pangolin trade in Nepal. We synthesized
Ashish Bashyal +4 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2023 Indian Pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) represents the world’s most trafficked and highly threatened species due to poaching and habitat destruction (Newton et al., 2008).
Mujahid Ahamad +5 more
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BMC Zoology, 2020 Background Formosan Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla pentadactyla) is one of the three subspecies of Chinese pangolins, it is also an isolated sub-species naturally habitat in Taiwan.
Yu-Chia Chang +6 more
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