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While they’re sometimes known as scaly anteaters, pangolins are not related in any way to anteaters or armadillos.
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Gerald Imray, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2026
Wildlife conservationists are again raising the plight of pangolins, the shy, scaly anteaters found in parts of Africa and Asia, on World Pangolin Day on Saturday.
—ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026
Pangolins are scaly anteaters that are facing extinction in their native regions in Africa and Asia due to the high demand for their claws and scales.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
This year, however, the authorities have spared the scaly anteater-like animal, which is facing extinction.
—National Geographic, 11 June 2020
The animals, also known as scaly anteaters, are sold as food in many countries, including China, and have been a prime suspect as a possible source of the pandemic.
—Maggie Fox, CNN, 29 May 2020
With its hard covering and ability to roll into a small ball when threatened, the scaly anteater, as it is also known, has an advantage over most predators.
—The Economist, 30 Apr. 2020
The international team of experts says that the presence of the SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses means that pangolins, a species of scaly anteater, should be viewed as a possible carrier in the ongoing pandemic.
—Fox News, 27 Mar. 2020
Parts of its structure also resemble a virus found in scaly anteaters, according to a paper published earlier this month in the journal Nature Medicine.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020
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Gerald Imray, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2026
Wildlife conservationists are again raising the plight of pangolins, the shy, scaly anteaters found in parts of Africa and Asia, on World Pangolin Day on Saturday.
—ABC News, 20 Feb. 2026
Pangolins are scaly anteaters that are facing extinction in their native regions in Africa and Asia due to the high demand for their claws and scales.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
This year, however, the authorities have spared the scaly anteater-like animal, which is facing extinction.
—National Geographic, 11 June 2020
The animals, also known as scaly anteaters, are sold as food in many countries, including China, and have been a prime suspect as a possible source of the pandemic.
—Maggie Fox, CNN, 29 May 2020
With its hard covering and ability to roll into a small ball when threatened, the scaly anteater, as it is also known, has an advantage over most predators.
—The Economist, 30 Apr. 2020
The international team of experts says that the presence of the SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses means that pangolins, a species of scaly anteater, should be viewed as a possible carrier in the ongoing pandemic.
—Fox News, 27 Mar. 2020
Parts of its structure also resemble a virus found in scaly anteaters, according to a paper published earlier this month in the journal Nature Medicine.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2020
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“Scaly anteater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scaly%20anteater. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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