Statut IUCN

En danger

Distribution

Angola; Benin; Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Côte d’Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; Nigeria; Rwanda; Sierra Leone; South Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; Zambia.

Reproduction

Un petit naît après une période de gestation d’environ 150 jours.

Caractéristiques distinctives

Certaines caractéristiques physiques distinguent le pangolin à ventre blanc arboricole et le pangolin à ventre noir des pangolins terrestres d’Afrique, notamment une taille plus petite, de très petites griffes sur les premiers membres antérieurs, des yeux plus grands, une disposition irrégulière des écailles, la présence de coussinets de queue utilisés pour grimper, la longueur de la queue qui est préhensile et la présence de poils sur les parties inférieures des membres antérieurs, par opposition aux écailles. Si les deux espèces arboricoles ont une longue queue, celle du pangolin à ventre blanc est nettement plus courte.

Les faits

Le pangolin à ventre blanc est le pangolin le plus fréquemment rencontré en Afrique.

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Hugues Akpona

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Tim Wacher / ZSL | www.zsl.org

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Rod Cassidy | www.sanghalodge.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Rod Cassidy | www.sanghalodge.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Rod Cassidy | www.sanghalodge.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Rod Cassidy | www.sanghalodge.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Rod Cassidy | www.sanghalodge.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)

© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com

White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)