{"id":112017,"date":"2026-07-08T12:43:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=112017"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:43:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T07:13:52","slug":"himalayan-pangolin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/himalayan-pangolin\/","title":{"rendered":"Himalayan Pangolin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Himalayan Pangolin Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers have revalidated and concluded that the Himalayan pangolin (Manis aurita) is a distinct extant species, separate from the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Himalayan Pangolin<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Scientific name:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its scientific name is <\/span><b>Manis aurita<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It went through a <\/span><b>demographic contraction around the 14th century<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, coinciding with the onset of the <\/span><b>Little Ice Age in the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/himalayan-region-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">Himalayan region<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Features<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is significantly larger in <\/span><b>body size and skull.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It paradoxically has <\/span><b>markedly smaller ears<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also has a <\/span><b>shorter and broader nasal bone.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has enlarged <\/span><b>olfactory bulb and turbinals,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using smell to forage for ants and termites.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its distribution is restricted to the <\/span><b>southern Himalayan foothills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with confirmed populations in <\/span><b>Nepal, South Tibet, and Northeast India,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including the state <\/span><b>of Assam.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Threats<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is facing <\/span><b>illegal wildlife trade<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The products from this species have infiltrated regulated <\/span><b>traditional medicine markets.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also facing an <\/span><b>internal threat of inbreeding.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/himalayan-pangolin-confirmed-as-a-distinct-species-was-earlier-classified-as-subspecies-of-chinese-pangolin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DTE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Himalayan Pangolin paradoxically has markedly smaller ears.and also has a shorter and broader nasal bone. 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