IUCN现状

脆弱的

分布情况

Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Côte d’Ivoire; The Democratic Republic of the Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone.

繁殖

据了解,黑腹穿山甲的繁殖几乎是连续的,幼体在大约140天的妊娠期后出生.

分类特征

黑腹穿山甲的尾巴可以是其身体长度的两倍,因此该物种被称为黑腹穿山甲. 某些物理特征将树栖的黑腹穿山甲和白腹穿山甲与非洲的地面穿山甲区分开来,包括较小的体型,非常小的前肢爪子,较大的眼睛,不规则的鳞片排列,用于攀爬的尾垫的存在,长的无柄尾巴,以及前肢下部有毛而不是鳞片. 两种树栖物种都有长尾巴,但是白腹穿山甲的尾巴明显较短.

事实

黑腹穿山甲总共有75块脊椎骨,其中47块包括尾巴.

Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)
Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)

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Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)
Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)
Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)

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Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)
Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)
Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)

© Rod Cassidy | www.sanghalodge.com

Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)
Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)
Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)

© Rod Cassidy | www.sanghalodge.com

Black-bellied pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)