Sunda pangolin
Manis javanica
Pangolins are the only mammals covered in scales. They wander the world at night, nose to the ground, following the smells of the rainforest.
Ilustración del libro Bayu the Pangolin · ¡Échale un vistazo aquí! Bayu the Pangolin
¿Sabías que…?
Pangolin scales are made of keratin, the same stuff as your fingernails.1
Pangolins have no teeth. They lick up ants and termites with a long, sticky tongue that can reach 25 cm (10 inches), about half the length of their body without the tail.1, 2
When a pangolin is scared, it curls up into a tight, scaly ball.1
Sunda pangolins are great climbers. They can hold on to branches with their prehensile tail.1
A pangolin can close its ears and nose to keep ants from crawling in.3
Quiénes están ayudando
Pangolins are caught and sold, and the forests they sleep in are being cleared. Rescue centers and rangers across their range are working to change that.
Noticias
- Fighting to Save the World's Most Wanted Animal (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
In Zimbabwe and Cameroon, rescuers walk pangolins through the bush each day so they can find food and grow strong before going home.
- Pangolin DNA study links local wild meat markets to global trafficking networks (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
A new DNA map can trace where seized pangolins came from, which helps rangers protect the forests they are taken from.
- Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Park receives more endangered Sunda pangolins (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Neighbours in Vietnam handed two rescued Sunda pangolins to a park rescue centre, where they are being cared for until they can go home to the forest.
- Singapore’s Night Safari Welcomes Sunda Pangolin Pup (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
A Sunda pangolin pup was born at Singapore's Night Safari, the park's first in ten years, and there is a live camera to watch.
- Researchers Discover New Lineage of Critically Endangered Sunda Pangolins Using Scales in the Museum's Collection (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Old museum scales revealed a family of Sunda pangolins on Indonesia's Mentawai Islands that has lived apart for about 760,000 years.
Las elegimos y revisamos cada mes. Las noticias enlazadas están en inglés.
Bayu the Pangolin
Tonight, for the very first time, he goes out alone.
Jugar · media
Hormigas en el tronco
Hormigas comidas0
¡Bayu tiene hambre!
Toca una hormiga y Bayu camina hasta ella y se la come de un lengüetazo.
Con teclado: flechas o A y D para caminar, barra espaciadora o W para el lengüetazo.
En pausa
¿Sabías que…? Fuente: (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Controles
| Para hacer esto | Mouse | Pantalla táctil | Teclado |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atrapar una hormiga | Haz clic en la hormiga | Toca la hormiga | Camina con A D o ← →, lengüetazo con Espacio o W |
| Pausa | Botón de pausa | Botón de pausa | P o Esc |
¡Bayu se comió 0 hormigas!
¿Sabías que…? Fuente: (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Fuentes
Créditos
Ilustración del libro Bayu the Pangolin, de A World Worth Saving. Foto: Ghislain Yung. Distribución dibujada a mano a partir de mapas de distribución publicados.