Ground pangolin

Smutsia temminckii · Manidae

The ground pangolin, also known as Temminck's pangolin, Cape pangolin or steppe pangolin is a species of pangolin from genus Smutsia of subfamily Smutsiinae the within family Manidae. It is one of four species of pangolins which can be found in Africa, and the only one in southern and eastern Africa. The animal was named for the Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.

Where the Ground pangolin lives

Recorded in South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Malawi and Uganda (Africa).

Most records fall in Limpopo, Sofala, Northern Cape, Mpumalanga, Otjozondjupa and KwaZulu-Natal.

See the Ground pangolin’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Vulnerable (VU). At risk: it could become endangered. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 217 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.