Chinese pangolin

The chinese pangolin is an invertivore that lives in shrubland, is nocturnal and has a scansorial lifestyle. It is listed as Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List, a threatened category.

Weight

3.64 kg – 4.68 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

15.2 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

1src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

2.07 yearssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Scansorialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The chinese pangolin is listed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List: it faces an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderPholidota
5. familyManidae
6. genusManis
7. SpeciesManis pentadactyla Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms Manis brachyura, Manis dalmanni, Phatages bengalensis, Pholidotus assamensis, Pholidotus kreyenbergi

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

EN, Endangered

Indian pangolin

Manis crassicaudata

Manidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Sunda pangolin

Manis javanica

Manidae

CR, Critically Endangered

Philippine pangolin

Manis culionensis

Manidae

C

Cryptic pangolin

Manis mysteria

ManidaeNo free photo yet

I

Indo-Burmese pangolin

Manis indoburmanica

ManidaeNo free photo yet

CompareChinese pangolin vs Indian pangolinChinese pangolin vs Sunda pangolinChinese pangolin vs Philippine pangolinChinese pangolin vs Cryptic pangolin

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@misc{chinese_pangolin_2026,
  title = {Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chinese-pangolin},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}