Order pholidota Shared By Abdul Qahar Buneri AWKUM BUner Campus

2. ORDER PHOLIDOTA
Presenting By
Waqas Munir
Safina Aman
Fatima Aslam
PresentingTo
Sir. Zaheer Ahmad

3. ORDER PHOLIDOTA
• PANGOLINS
Pangolins are also known as scaly anteaters or Old World
anteaters.
Living members of the family Manidae include . . .
• 4 species in Africa
• 3 species in India,
South China and
South East Asia.

4. PANGOLINS
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Eutheria
Superorder: Laurasiatheria
Order: Pholidota
Family: Manidae
Genus: Manis

5. General Characteritics
• Pangolins have small conical heads, reduced or
absent outer ears, elongate bodies tapering to a
stout tail.

6. • They are easily recognised by the coats of
overlapping scales which protect their heads,
bodies and the outer surfaces of their limbs and
tails.
• They curl up in a ball when alarmed to protect
their scale-less, hairy undersides. The name
pangolin means ‘one who rolls up’ in Malay.

7. • Pangolins’ limbs are short terminating in five
clawed digits; the three middle claws on the fore
feet are long and curved.

8. • The claws are used to dig for food. Their tails are
used as weapons - to thrash and wound
predators. The scales also wound attackers.
• Males use their claws for fighting and defense.

9. • The female usually has one offspring which she
carries on her tail.
• Arboreal pangolins carry the young from soon
after birth.

10. • Terrestrial pangolins are born underground and
are not carried on their mothers’ tails until they
are 2 -4 weeks old.

11. Food
• All species of pangolins are highly adapted to
obtaining and digesting a diet of termites and
ants.
• The ingested ants and
termites are ground up
with sand in a specialised
horny stomach.

12. • The large claws are used to dig into nests of
ground termites and ants and this species may eat
200,000 insects in a night.
• On this diet, the Giant pangolin can reach as much
as 30 kg in weight.

13. Economic Importance
• Used as food in some countries and
• Their body parts are source of valuable material
source of medicine or drug.

14. • Malayan pangolins are hunted for their skins,
scales, and meat.
• Their parts are used for medicinal purposes

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