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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 ...
Hari Prasad Sharma, Jerrold L Belant
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Local Ecological Knowledge Insights Into the Distribution and Activity Patterns of Temminck's Pangolin in Ruaha Landscape, Tanzania [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionTanzania is home to three species of pangolins: Temminck's pangolin (Smutsia temminckii), giant ground pangolin (Smutsia gigantea), and white‐bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis). However, distribution and habitat preferences have yet to be well known
Rose Peter Kicheleri +11 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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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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Hide‐and‐sniff: can anti‐trafficking dogs detect obfuscated wildlife parts?
Conservation Science and Practice, 2023 Wildlife detection dog (WDD) programs are increasingly being developed to combat illegal wildlife trafficking. However, there is little scientific research available on how sniffer dogs perform when wildlife parts are hidden during the smuggling process,
Sai Sanggkeeth Narayanasamy +5 more
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The past, present and future of the pangolin in Mainland China
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 Two pangolin species, the Chinese pangolin and the Sunda pangolin, occur in mainland China (MC). The Chinese pangolin was once widely distributed throughout provinces south of the Yangtze River, as well as north of the Yangtze River in southern Sichuan ...
Fuhua Zhang, Shibao Wu, Peng Cen
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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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Viruses, 2021 Our recent study identified seven key microRNAs (miR-8066, 5197, 3611, 3934-3p, 1307-3p, 3691-3p, 1468-5p) similar between SARS-CoV-2 and the human genome, pointing at miR-related mechanisms in viral entry and the regulatory effects on host immunity.
Sigrun Lange +3 more
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iScience, 2022 Summary: To date, intermediate hosts of SARS-CoV-2 remain obscure and controversial. Several studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2-related pangolin coronavirus (Pangolin-CoV) has a high sequence similarity to SARS-CoV-2 and might be the initial source of ...
Zhendong Guo +13 more
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