Smutsia temminckii
Other names: Ground pangolin, Cape pangolin
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
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- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
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- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
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- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
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- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
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- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
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- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
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- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
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- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Warren Pearson | www.warrendpearson.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Pangolin Research Mundulea | pangolins-namibia.blogspot.co.uk
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Warren Pearson | www.warrendpearson.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Pangolin Research Mundulea | pangolins-namibia.blogspot.co.uk
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Pangolin Research Mundulea | pangolins-namibia.blogspot.co.uk
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Warren Pearson | www.warrendpearson.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Pangolin Research Mundulea | pangolins-namibia.blogspot.co.uk
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Pangolin Research Mundulea | pangolins-namibia.blogspot.co.uk
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Pangolin Research Mundulea | pangolins-namibia.blogspot.co.uk
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
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- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Pangolin Research Mundulea | pangolins-namibia.blogspot.co.uk
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Pangolin Research Mundulea | pangolins-namibia.blogspot.co.uk
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Warren Pearson | www.warrendpearson.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Pangolin Research Mundulea | pangolins-namibia.blogspot.co.uk
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Juan Jose Iglesias
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Warren Pearson | www.warrendpearson.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Warren Pearson | www.warrendpearson.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Warren Pearson | www.warrendpearson.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Warren Pearson | www.warrendpearson.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Warren Pearson | www.warrendpearson.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Warren Pearson | www.warrendpearson.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Darren Pietersen / APWG | www.pangolin.org.za
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Warren Pearson | www.warrendpearson.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Warren Pearson | www.warrendpearson.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Warren Pearson | www.warrendpearson.com
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
- Temminck’s pangolin (Smutsia temminckii)
© Guy Colborne | guycolborne.photoshelter.com
IUCN Status: Vulnerable (A4d)
Distribution: Angola; Botswana; Burundi; Central African Republic; Chad; Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
Distinguishing characteristics: The Temminck’s pangolin is the only species found in southern Africa and can be easily distinguished from the two noticeably smaller tree-dwelling African species of pangolin by its fossorial as opposed to arboreal lifestyle and regular scale pattern. Unlike the larger giant pangolin it inhabits dry and arid savannah and desert environments.
Reproduction: The Temminck’s pangolin gives birth to a single offspring after a gestation period of approximately 139 days.
Facts: The Temminck’s pangolin often uses the burrows of other animals including aardvarks and aardwolves.