{"id":2999,"date":"2023-02-18T03:33:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T22:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=2999"},"modified":"2025-03-26T09:40:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T04:10:28","slug":"indian-pangolin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indian-pangolin\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Pangolin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Key facts about Indian Pangolin:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Indian pangolin, also called <strong>thick-tailed pangolin<\/strong> and <strong>scaly anteater<\/strong> is native to the Indian subcontinent.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>one of<\/strong> the <strong>eight species of pangolins found.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are <strong>one of the most trafficked mammals<\/strong> in the world, despite an <strong>international ban on their trade.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Scientific name:<\/strong> <i><strong>Manis crassicaudata<\/strong><\/i><\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution<\/strong>: \u00a0 It lives in <strong>India (south of the Himalayas<\/strong>), <strong>Bangladesh<\/strong>, Southern <strong>Nepal<\/strong>, Sri Lanka, and small parts of Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat<\/strong>: It occurs in <strong>tropical forests<\/strong>, <strong>open land<\/strong>, <strong>grasslands<\/strong>, and <strong>degraded habitat<\/strong>, including in <strong>close proximity to villages<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Like other pangolins, <strong>it has large, overlapping scales<\/strong> on its body, which <strong>act as armor.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Indian pangolin\u2019s armor <strong>is amongst the most effective in the mammalian world.<\/strong> It has about <strong>13 rows of moveable sharp scales<\/strong> covering its body, which <strong>are shed periodically.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>colour of its scales varies<\/strong> depending on the <strong>colour of the earth<\/strong> in its surroundings.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It can also <strong>curl itself into a ball<\/strong> as <strong>self-defense<\/strong> against predators.<\/li>\n<li>It is an <strong>insectivore<\/strong> feeding on ants and termites.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>nocturnal<\/strong> and rests in deep burrows during the day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Conservation status:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Red List: Endangered\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: Schedule I<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES: Appendix I<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is TRAFFIC (wildlife trade monitoring network)?<\/h3>\n<p>TRAFFIC is an organization that was established in 1976 by WWF and IUCN as a wildlife trade monitoring network to undertake data collection, analysis, and provision of recommendations to inform decision making on wildlife trade.TRAFFIC is renowned globally for its expertise and influence in the wildlife trade and conservation arena, as a provider of objective and reliable information.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/over-1000-pangolins-trafficked-in-india-in-5-years\/article66520621.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Over 1,000 pangolins poached and trafficked in India between 2018 and 2022<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian pangolin, also called thick-tailed pangolin and scaly anteater is native to the Indian 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