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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: World Animal Rescue Network - Pangolin. | Oct 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Genomic analysis reveals a cryptic pangolin species. | Aug 10, 2026 | ||
| Noted that there may be enough evidence to classify the Himalayan pangolin (Manis aurita), which is listed as a subspecies of the Chinese pangolin (M. pentadactyla), as a separate species. | Jul 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Pangolins. | Nov 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC Biology - Pangolin scales as adaptations for innate immunity against pathogens. | Oct 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Harvard Museum of Natural History - What's in a Name? - Pangolins. | May 17, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | May 14, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 07, 2025 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Pangolins: Rare insight into world's most trafficked mammal. | Aug 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Fund for Animal Welfare - Pangolins. | May 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Save Pangolins - What is a pangolin? | Mar 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Pangolin genomes and the evolution of mammalian scales and immunity. | Jul 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: AZ Animals - Pangolin. | Nov 30, 2022 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 05, 2021 | ||
| Noted that the similarities between coronaviruses associated with the Sunda pangolin (Manis javanica) and SARS-CoV-2 could be close enough to suggest that this mammal could have served as an intermediate host for the virus. | Jun 15, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - Facts About Pangolins. | Jun 25, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 01, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Pangolin. | Apr 11, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: New Hampshire Public Television - Wildlife Journal Junior - Pangolin. | Apr 11, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: World Wide Fund - Pangolin. | Apr 11, 2017 | ||
| Noted the imposition of the 2016 ban on the international trade of all pangolin species and their parts. | Oct 05, 2016 | ||
| Text describing the conservation status of all eight extant species of pangolins added. | May 04, 2015 | ||
| Added image of a long-tailed pangolin. | Apr 19, 2012 | ||
| Geologic time data updated. | Sep 15, 2009 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 28, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: African Wildlife Foundation - Pangolin. | Aug 17, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Animal Planet - Pangolin. | May 27, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Pangolin. | Mar 11, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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