In Nyamebe Bepo Forest Reserve, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Pholidota
Family:
Manidae
Genus:
Phataginus
Species:
P. tricuspis
Binomial name
Phataginus tricuspis
(Rafinesque, 1821)[3]
Distribution of the tree pangolin
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.
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
^Pietersen, D.; Moumbolou, C.; Ingram, D.J.; Soewu, D.; Jansen, R.; Sodeinde, O.; Keboy Mov Linkey Iflankoy, C.; Challender, D.; Shirley, M.H. (2019). "Phataginus tricuspis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T12767A123586469. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T12767A123586469.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^"Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^Gaudin, Timothy (28 August 2009). "The Phylogeny of Living and Extinct Pangolins (Mammalia, Pholidota) and Associated Taxa: A Morphology Based Analysis" (PDF). Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 16 (4): 235–305. doi:10.1007/s10914-009-9119-9. S2CID 1773698. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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