Like fur and reptile scales, banglin scales are made out of keratin.
Yes, the pangolin is a mammal that has scales
They are parts of the body of fish, snakes, or pangolin.
Yes, it is like our finger nails
No. They have endoskeletons (inside bones). The armadillo has heavy exterior scales of bone and horn. The pangolin (scaly anteater) also has plate-like scales made of keratin that act as armor. These are not true exoskeletons.
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pangolin
Nope. They are actually mammals- the only mammal with scales. While they may look like reptiles, they give live birth to their babies and nurse them with milk.
Humans are the greatest enemy of wild pangolins. Thousands are illegally trafficked each year for there scales and meat.
There are 2 mammals with scales and the armadillo is one of them. "The armor is formed by plates of dermal bone covered in relatively small, overlapping epidermal scales called "scutes", composed of bone with a covering of horn." The other one is called a Pangolin.
Yes, pangolins are mammals, and having hair of some sort is a requirement for being a mammal. In Asian species, the hair grows at the base of the scales; in African species, it is on the underbelly, which lacks scales.
Humans are the greatest enemy of wild pangolins. Thousands are illegally trafficked each year for there scales and meat.
Eight different pangolin species can be found across Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Four pangolin species occur across Asia: the Indian pangolin, the Chinese or Formosan pangolin, the Malayan or Sunda pangolin, and the Palawan pangolin. Four species are found in Africa south of the Sahara Desert: the Cape or ground pangolin, the tree pangolin, the giant pangolin, and the long-tailed pangolin. The four Asian pangolins are distinguished from the African species by the presence of bristles which emerge from between the scales. Pangolins are found in a variety of habitats including tropical and flooded forests, thick brush, cleared and cultivated areas, and savannah grassland; in general they occur where large numbers of ants and termites are found. Asian pangolins in particular are threatened by loss of habitat due to expanding agriculture and other human uses. Pangolins dig deep burrows for sleeping and nesting that contain circular chambers. Large chambers have been discovered in terrestrial pangolin burrows that were big enough for a human to crawl inside and stand up. Some pangolin species such as the Malayan pangolin also sleep in the hollows and forks of trees and logs.