A Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) at Zoo Leipzig in Leipzig, GermanyPangolin species distributions:
Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata)
Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)
Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica)
Philippine pangolin (Manis culionensis)
Tree pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
Long-tailed pangolin (Phataginus tetradactyla)
Giant pangolin (Smutsia gigantea)
Cape pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
The pangolin trade is the illegal poaching, trafficking, and sale of pangolins, parts of pangolins, or pangolin-derived products on the black market. Pangolins are believed to be the world's most trafficked mammal, accounting for as much as 20% of all illegal wildlife trade.[1][2][3] According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), more than a million pangolins were poached in the decade prior to 2014.[4]
The animals are trafficked mainly for their scales, which are believed to treat a variety of health conditions in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and as a luxury food in Vietnam and China. In Africa, pangolins are sold as a form of bushmeat, for ritual or spiritual purposes, and use in traditional African medicine. Many times the animal is trafficked just for clothing and fashion.
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), which regulates the international wildlife trade, has placed restrictions on the pangolin market since 1975, and in 2016, it added all eight pangolin species to its Appendix I, reserved for the strictest prohibitions on animals threatened with extinction.[5][6] They are also listed on the IUCN Red List, all with decreasing populations and designations ranging from Vulnerable to Critically Endangered.[7]
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