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Giant ground pangolin
Giant ground pangolin
(Smutsia gigantea)
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Also known as:
giant pangolin, grand pangolin
Previously known as:
Manis gigantea
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Pholidota
Family
Manidae
Genus
Manis
(1)
Size
Length: up to 1.8 m
(2)
Status
Classified as Near Threatened (NT) on the IUCN Red List
(1)
and listed on Appendix II of CITES
(2)
.
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