Tree pangolin | |
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In Nyamebe Bepo Forest Reserve, Ashanti Region, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Pholidota |
Family: | Manidae |
Genus: | Phataginus |
Species: | P. tricuspis
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Binomial name | |
Phataginus tricuspis (Rafinesque, 1821)[3]
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Distribution of the tree pangolin
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The tree pangolin[4] (Phataginus tricuspis) is one of eight extant species of pangolins ("scaly anteaters"), and is native to equatorial Africa. Also known as the white-bellied pangolin or three-cusped pangolin, it is the most common of the African forest pangolins.
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