Family MANIDAE (PANGOLINS) • Small to medium-sized mammals with a series of unique morphological characteristics, including triangular head with pointed nose, no or small ear pinnae, very weak, toothless lower jaw, extremely long tongue, and scaled armor covering the body and tail. • 60-150 cm. • Afrotropical and Indo-Malayan Regions. • Forested and open habitats in tropical and intertropical zones; from sea level to 2300 m. • 1 genus, 8 species, 10 taxa. • 2 species Endangered; none Extinct since 1600.

Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2011, Manidae, pp. 82-103 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 2 Hoofed Mammals, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 82, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5720458