IUCN Status
Endangered
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
One young is born after a gestation period of approximately 150 days.
Distinguishing characteristics
Certain physical characteristics separate the arboreal white-bellied pangolin and black-bellied pangolin from Africa’s ground pangolins, including smaller size, very small first forelimb claws, larger eyes, irregular arrangement of scales, the presence of tails pads used for climbing, the length of the tail which is prehensile, and the presence of hair on the lower sections of forelimbs, as opposed to scales. While both of the tree dwelling species have long tails, the white-bellied pangolin’s is notably shorter.
Facts
The white-bellied pangolin is the most frequently encountered pangolin in Africa.
- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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- White-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
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