Pangolin (Sunda)

The world's most trafficked mammal/Small Animals

The Sunda pangolin is covered in about 1,000 overlapping keratin scales that make up about 20% of its body weight. When threatened, it curls into a tight ball that can withstand a lion's bite. It has no teeth and uses a tongue up to 40 cm long to eat ants and termites. Pangolins are the only truly scaly mammals, and they are critically endangered due to illegal wildlife trade.