{"id":87282,"date":"2020-06-16T19:20:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T13:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=15951"},"modified":"2020-06-16T19:20:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T13:50:01","slug":"the-pangolin-can-the-protection-upgrade-by-china-curb-its-trafficking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-pangolin-can-the-protection-upgrade-by-china-curb-its-trafficking\/","title":{"rendered":"The pangolin: can the protection upgrade by China curb its trafficking?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>China has accorded the pangolin the highest level of protection and removed the scales of the Pangolin from its list of approved traditional medicines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/enN2OvxWQZRrfIXJ9GmsR4tWfpUjwSqi1FmBgYaL9ZN-OL0SRQX4zIo1NQz-o1C7IEX0yPgyV5-ksnprp4HrVqttT9l5OUM6mjh4jpuhmPURgnAr9-PsKbE44KPOGcw7lM63KuTa2TBWjY4M-A\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Pangolin: <\/strong>They are scaly anteater mammals of the order Pholidota.They have large, protective keratin scales covering their skin and they are the only known mammals with this feature.<\/li><li><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>Out of the eight species of pangolin, the Indian Pangolin and the Chinese Pangolin are found in India:<ul><li><strong>Indian Pangolin<\/strong>: It is widely distributed in India, except the arid region, high Himalayas and the North-East.The species is also found in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.<\/li><li><strong>Chinese Pangolin: <\/strong>It is found in Himalayan foothills in Eastern Nepal, Bhutan, Northern India, North-East Bangladesh, through Southern China and Taiwan.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>IUCN Conservation Status:<\/strong><ul><li>Indian pangolin \u2013 Endangered<\/li><li>Chinese pangolin \u2013 Critically Endangered<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Threats:<\/strong> <strong>a) <\/strong>Hunted<strong> <\/strong>for its meat across the northeastern States and in central India.and <strong>b) <\/strong>Smuggled for scales especially in China as it is believed that scales possess magic or charms and have medicinal properties.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: China has accorded the pangolin the highest level of protection and removed the scales of the Pangolin from its list of approved traditional medicines. Facts: Pangolin: They are scaly anteater mammals of the order Pholidota.They have large, protective keratin scales covering their skin and they are the only known mammals with this feature. Habitat:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-pangolin-can-the-protection-upgrade-by-china-curb-its-trafficking\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The pangolin: can the protection upgrade by China curb its trafficking?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[2353,4196],"class_list":["post-87282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-china","tag-pangolins","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1702570749},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}